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That sounds real reasonable. If you think about it, did our mothers worry about ecoli bacteria or salmonilla (sp?) poisoning? I think we are exposed to alot more toxins than our parents were. I also mentioned in another post that I read that some people think that there could be a genetic predisposition to such chemicals. that also seems reasonable to me. I have wondered about that anyway when you see someone who doesn't smoke or drink and is real healthy die of lung cancer and someone who smokes and drinks lives to be in thier 90's and dies of old age. I have seen just such things happen in my family. You are right that it does no good to dwell on the cause, but one cant help but wonder. Jennifer McLean wrote: > Hi Hilary: > > My husband grew up on the farm and started very early "working"....driving > tractor at 8 and combine by 12. Therefore, he was exposed to all the > fertilizers, pesticides etc. at a time when they did not use much in the > way of "safe handling" (he is now 50). It is my opinion that this may have > lead to his PD. He has 4 other brothers...non of which have PD....but non > of them "worked" on the farm the way my husband did. > > It is........ MY OPINION.......... that "our" generation is getting PD > earlier than our parent's generation because they were not exposed to the > chemicals at the early age that we were.....therefore they have basically > gotten PD at an older age. > > I agree that dwelling on the "source" of the disease is counter productive > to dealing with the disease....but none of us can say that we aren't at > least curious as to "why or how" ;o) > > Juelie McLean CG/Dan 50/dx98 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >I can't quote chapter and verse, but I believe there have been some cases of > >people being exposed to fertilizers, and various other agricultural and > >horticultural chemicals developing PD symptoms. Can anybody out there back > >me up? > >hiLary bLue(50,33,24) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~