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In a message dated 7/3/98 2:38:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << your other message about well water drinking may mean that the desert southwest and most of the Perrier et al bottled water is expensive poison - or, the correlation may exist because some portion of simple shallow wells are contaminated. ancient water from deep wells is the source of water in this valley in California. i doubt there is any correlation to my PD. > I am afraid you may have misunderstood what I was trying to say. Perhaps I didn't do a very good job of explaning myself. Please allow me to try again and hopefully I can do better this time. I was not by any means trying to say that all well water is contaminated. I realize that most people probably get there water from wells. I have however read in several different places now, that it is known that there is a greater than would be expected number of people with PD that drank well water from wells that were very close to farmers fields. I am not trying to say either that everybody who drinks well water from wells that are very close to farmers fields will get PD as it seems as if there must be some kind of predisposition to getting it and then the well water then just triggers it. The only point I was trying to make is knowing this, I would not drink water again from a well that is so close to a farmer's field. That does not mean that I would not drink water from any well as I have drank bottled water myself without fear. I do feel like the general public should be aware of the situation so that if they have a well that is very close to the edge of a farmer's field they can have their water tested for pesticides, etc.. At least if people are informed they can make a decision for themselves as to whether or not they want to take the chance of drinking the water of such a well. I just know for myself that I would want to be informed of such a risk if one was known. I know when the farmer who used to farm the field behind our house was asked by one of our old neighbors why he had stopped farming it he said it was because he didn't realize that some of us had wells that were on the edge of his field and he was afraid but he didn't say what he was afraid of. We didn't know why he would say that but now I wonder if he became aware of some danger himself somehow. As far as I am concerned that is all in the past and we will never know if it contributed or not. Right now I am just searching for reasons. I am sorry but at the moment I just feel the need to do this. I know this feeling will pass but please keep in mind that right now this is all very new to me. I would just like to help others to become informed so that something good can come from this. I hope this clears up what I meant. It is so hard to convey what you feel over the computer versus talking in person. Kathy