Bucolic farmland. Water drawn from your own well. What could be wrong with that? Plenty, new research from UCLA reports.
People on private wells located near fields sprayed with certain pesticides in California's Central Valley had a 90 percent greater risk of developing Parkinson's disease. And those who drank these toxins in their water for four years longer, on average, than other Valley residents had higher rates of this disease.
Close to one million Americans already have Parkinson's, an incurable neurological disease. Caused by the death of nerve cells in… Continue reading Categories
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August 17th, 2009
The Clue Is In Your Water.
Bucolic farmland. Water drawn from your own well. What could be wrong with that? Plenty, new research from UCLA reports.
People on private wells located near fields sprayed with certain pesticides in California's Central Valley had a 90 percent greater risk of developing Parkinson's disease. And those who drank these toxins in their water for four years longer, on average, than other Valley residents had higher rates of this disease.
Close to one million Americans already have Parkinson's, an incurable neurological disease. Caused by the death of nerve cells in… Continue reading
Bucolic farmland. Water drawn from your own well. What could be wrong with that? Plenty, new research from UCLA reports.
People on private wells located near fields sprayed with certain pesticides in California's Central Valley had a 90 percent greater risk of developing Parkinson's disease. And those who drank these toxins in their water for four years longer, on average, than other Valley residents had higher rates of this disease.
Close to one million Americans already have Parkinson's, an incurable neurological disease. Caused by the death of nerve cells in… Continue reading 
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