>... I am an artist by trade
>and have had lots of exposure to toxic paints and thinners, solvents,
>etc. When my symptoms began, I had been using some paint I was
>unfamiliar with, thin with denatured alcohol or lacquer thinner. I have
>read that PD can be caused by toxic chemical exposure.
Exposure to chemicals and anti-psycotic drugs has been documented to
sometimes bring on an onset of parkinsonian like symptoms.
Present thought on the cause of common Parkinson's is part environmental
and part genetic.
With the revelations of the impact of indirect exposure to products of
ionizing radiation (fallout), the smoking gun may lie in the answer to the
question, "Where were you and your family living when JFK was shot in Dallas".
Top secret human studies are still classified, perhaps revealing genetic
mutations that occurred from contact with Strontium 90 a air blast fallout
product that has a half-life of over 30 years. Strontium 90 in cows milk
increased in the late 50s and the early 60s. Ownership of the fallout
belongs to many of the nations involved in the Cold War, open air nuclear
testing.
Focus by governments on fallout was directed at the production of cancers
of the thyroid which is deadly. Little public attention has been focused on
the other type of studies that may link the Strontium 90 exposures to later
young onset PD or Alzheimers and maybe other neurologic manifestations
also. Perhaps there are still some in the medical community that think,
Parkinson's, essential tremor, ALS, CP, and Alzheimers aren't disabling.
Parkinson's epidemiologists should revisit old studies concerning death and
geographic distribution and overlay their findings on the recently released
fallout maps.
There always seems to be funding for redundant studies but nothing that
"plows new ground".
I commend our workers in the Parkinson's Alliance for recognizing and
planning to change the face of research.
Perhaps some thought I was being cute with the post X-Files, but it was
fact and the references were real.
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