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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 12:56:11 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] (Barbara Jarjoura) Subject: Industrial Chemicals >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 05:38:11 -0500 >From: John Morey <[log in to unmask]> >To: Barbara Patterson <[log in to unmask]> > >This is my first shot at communication to this group. My spelling is the >pits and I miss a spell checker( after 15 min. of trying to spell >cholesterol I had to look at the side of a cerial box to get it right!!). >Question: Is there a group that has as its focus exchange of information on >industrial chemical exposure as a cause of PD? This would be esp. relivant >to the semiconductor industry ( acetone, MEK, alcohol, trichlor- and >perchlorethelene, xilene, hexamethyldisilazane, all the acids, etc.)? Is >the occurance of PD greater in certain industries than others? Is there a >study taking place on this? Has anyone looked at the fiberglas boating >industry(acetone, resine, MEK, etc.)? Thanks in advance for any info. JOHN > Fuad is a retired analytical chemist. He worked in the petroleum by-products area for the nine years prior to the first symptom of his PD. We believe that this type of exposure was a contributing factor. Barb CP Fuad 60 - 3+ [log in to unmask]