IHi Alvis Your comments concerning the incidence of PD in rural area vs Urban reas has been a cause for investigation. I've attended acouple of composiums cinduc ted by Case Western Reserve School of Medicine on PD. The issue of high freqwu encey highfrequency of PD in rural areas was discussed and the possibilities of chemicvals used infarming was discussed withour a firm conclusion.The fact that the medical research people have not been able to hang the blame for P PD on any one thing has been a deterent to making progress in treaTMENT. I think the next step will be for sdome smart ass to come up with the discovery of a faulty gene. That will put thew blame right where,it belongs, on we victi ms who are mAKING ALL THE FUSS. wRITE AGAIN. Jace Leach [log in to unmask] Educ. -- TO: [log in to unmask] (Parkinson's Disease Info Exchange Network