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Scientists link pesticides to Parkinson's disease |
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Researchers don't use the word ''cause" when linking environmental exposures to a disease. Instead, epidemiologists look for clusters and patterns in people, and neurobiologists test theories in animals. If their findings are repeatedly consistent, that is as close to proving cause and effect as they get. Now, with Parkinson's, this medical detective work has edged closer to proving the case than with almost any other human ailment: long exposure to pesticides.
More than 1 billion pounds of herbicides, insecticides, and other pest-killing chemicals are used on US farms and gardens and in households. Nearly all adults and children tested have traces of multiple pesticides in their bodies.
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