I had significant exposure to both Chloridane and DDT when i was young. I remember one time when I was about 12 when I painted the inside of my grandfather's spray-rig with red lead primer. Probably I injested enough DDT on that occasion to set off all kinds of negative health effects. David L. Moreland [log in to unmask] >I've been racking my brain trying to think of chemicals we might have been >exposed to during the last few years. > >Has anyone had exposure to cloridane? The house we moved into 17 years >ago had been treated for termites with cloridane. Then, each year we >would spray cloridane all around the edges of the house and 4 ft. out >to keep ants, spiders. etc. out. Then they banned Chloridane...I'm >not sure of the way it was spelled....Still we had a good supply on hand >and continued to spray for probably another two years. Lived in the >house a total of 17 years. I have always wondered if exposure to the >chemical set my Lupus off? Now I wonder if it has any bearing on my >husbands PD? Makes one wonder..... Anyone else had Chloridane in their >lives? > >What do you do to help PD sleep at night? My husband says he's awake >6 or more times a night. What causes him to not to be able to sleep? >Hints, thoughts etc. welcome. > >thanks, >nancy >[log in to unmask] > >