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HI, everyone I grew up within three miles of a huge dynamite factory, which as a side product made fertilizers. There was an enormous amount of what the locals called "invisible polution" ie ammonia. This may be linked to my PD. But I have a question: Why didn't anybody else in the neighbourhood get PD? Hilary Blue MR JOSEPH GIBBONS wrote: > > Darwin Hawkins wrote wondering what caused PD before pesticides, > electromagnetic energy, etc. came along. To my knowledge, PD has not > "been with the human race for millennia". It's probably a result of > the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and the pollution that > it produced. It was at that time that James Parkinson described it in > England. Before that, people did not live long enough to get it, and > the more "natural" forms of pollution (poor sanitation) probably did > not cause PD. Thoughts, anyone? > Ann Gibbons CG for Joe 64/1