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Dear Camilla, For twelve years our house was a two car garage with living quarters above with no door separating them. Even though we did not run the cars in the garage, they were running when we drove in or out of the garage. I have allergies and asthma and am very sensitive to gas fumes. I refuse to put gas in my car because the smell of gas bothers me so much. I have always wondered it the fumes from the cars might have caused me to have Parkinson's Disease. So far my husband seems okay. Would it be possible for me to be poisoned but not him? I also wonder if albumin would show up in my urine now? Since I have to call my doctor tomorrow anyways, I will ask him these questions. Please thank Myron for sharing his story with us. It has given me something to think about. Karen Bardo :-))) [log in to unmask] >Dear listfriends-- I have mentioned before that a man in our local support >group believes he got PD from exposure as a child to CO. When I showed him >the recent posts about this on the list, he offered to write up his >story--and here it is. Mygon Greene was a founding member of our local PD >support group more than 10 years ago, and though he is now more limited in >activity due to a hip broken in a fall, he is keenly interested in all the >latest news about PD. > ### ### ### ### ### ### > >MYRON GREENE'S INVESTIGATION into CARBON MONOXIDE as the CAUSE of HIS PD > Myron was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease Plus in 1976, at age >36. His only brother had been diagnosed with PD + in 1975 at age 30. >They had both noticed something was wrong since their mid-20s. For years, >Myron had assumed the cause was hereditary. After talking with his >brother's widow in a995, he learned that they had concluded the cause was >CO exposure--she didn't say why. > Since Myron couldn't find any ancestors with PD, he began to read >up on environmental toxins. The major source of information was: The > Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease >Registry > Division of Toxicology > 1600 Clifton Rd. E29 > Atlanta, GA 30333 (ph= 1-404-639-0628) >This is an agency of the US government whose mission is to provide the >public, on request, with technical information on toxic substances, at no >charge. > He received reports and research bibliographies on both manganese >and carbon monoxide. After reading about CO, he felt it could be the >culprit in his case, and his brother's. Research as early as 1923 showed a >link between CO and PD, and one paper showed that there could be a delay >between exposure and appearance of symptoms. Since both he and his brother >had such similar experiences with PD, a likely assumption would be they >were exposed simultaneously. > When Myron was in 8th grade, several events took place: >1. the family moved to a new 2-bedroom home which his dad built, and the >brothers shared a bedroom. This room was immediately above where their car >was garaged. >2. one Saturday morning his mom, brother, and he were sitting in the >kitchen, and noticed strong exhaust fumes coming from the basement where >dad was working on their car, with the engine running. >3.Mom and dad would get up at 5:30 AM and on their way to the kitchen would >close the door to the boys' room. after breakfast, dad would leave for >work, often letting the car warm up in the garage. Myron asks," COULD THESE >FUMES HAVE COME UP INTO OUR ROOM AND, WITH THE DOOR CLOSED, BEEN TOXIC >ENOUGH TO POISON US?" >4. one day at school, the nurse tested the urine iof each student--the >results showed Myron had albumin in his urine. When he was examined by >their family doctor, he was told not to put salt on his food, and little >concern was shown--but the episode scared him. > During the summer of 1995, Myron started reading additional >references about environmental toxins at the local public library. He was >stunned to learn, some 40+ years after the event, that CO can cause albumin >in the urine! > Shortly thereafter, he called his 27 year old daughter, whom he had >not seen for several years to tell her he no longer believed his PD had >been inherited, and so she should not worry about being herself stricken by >PD. > > ### ### ### ### ### ### > >I'm sure Myron will be very interested in any comments or questions about >what he has written, and I'll be happy to relay them to him. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Camilla [log in to unmask] > > Oxford,Ohio > > *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* > *"In all beginnings, endings lie enfolded,* > * implicit and invisible as roots."...CHF * > *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*