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Hi Carole; I've also seen that reference somewhere and after reading Ronald Vetters post decided to look a little on the web. (Ron your posting is interesting but I don't make the connection between cannibalism in New Guinea and personnel stationed in Guam) > Greetings > > Do any of you know if there is anything new about the connection between > Guam and the high incidence of a particular type of Parkinsons ? I ran > across > a reference to someone gathering info on that and would like to contact > them > as I spent some years on Guam in the sixties . I lived on military bases > in the > pacific area while growing up and I remember the DDT trucks gassing our > neighborhoods regularly . Perhaps there is some connection . > This is a scary thought for me as the Guam Parkinsons is a particularly > nasty > form of the disease . Anyway , I would like to know more about this . If > anyone has > any news please let me know . > > You all make me smile every day when I read the list , thanks ! > > Carol Mcleod > 47/1 > [log in to unmask] > Carole, I found several references: http://http1.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~hssrsdn/alsig/archive/alsd013.txt http://http1.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~hssrsdn/papers/mnd92.txt http://dem0nmac.mgh.harvard.edu/neurowebforum/ParkinsonsDiseaseArticl es/Alzheimersdisease.html http://dem0nmac.mgh.harvard.edu/neurowebforum/ParkinsonsDiseaseArticl es/AircraftPD.html http://www.medaccess.com/physical/neuro/psp.htm http://www.cnsonline.org/www/archive/parkins/park-01.txt One 1993 site offers a contact person: Susan F. Schweitzer Neurological Clinical Nurse Specialist & Co-ordinator APDA Information and Referal Center 1000 Locus Street Reno, Nevada 89520 (702) 328-1766 I hope some of this might help you out. Regards.............Murray . [log in to unmask]