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> >I would welcome ALL responses, explanations, suggestions regarding the issue > >of PD and occupation. > > > >Thank you > > > >Catherina May > >Jackson, Michigan > > Catherina, I've been asking the same thing! I am convinced that my PD is > due to exposure to toxic chemicals used in the boating industry and the > senmiconductor industry, esp. solvents and resins. I think the group shoud > put together a systematic survey of occupation vs PD. There was a similar > survey done in Sweeden for which I have the references if any one is > interested. Although the sample size was small, the statistics show a very > strong correlation between neurodegenerative diseases such as PD and > occupation . > John brings up an excellent point. I'm wondering if someone could construct a survey that would include all of the potential causative agents of PD. We have discussed quite a few of them over the past year - including Diabetes, chemical exposure and agent orange. That suvey could be presented to all newcomers so that ongoing data would be collected. I have a felling that such data would be very valuable to the scientific community. As I have stated before - spouses or significan others could be the control group for such a study. ---- Peace and joy Mary Ann