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Originally Posted by ToniPaul
Recent (May, 2025) paper from the Journal of the American Medical Association finds increased risk of Parkinsons disease if you live within 3 miles of a golf course.
Cut-and-pasted from the paper:
"Question Does living within proximity to a golf course affect the risk of Parkinson disease (PD)?
Findings This case-control study found the greatest risk of PD within 1 to 3 miles of a golf course, and that this risk generally decreased with distance. Effect sizes were largest in water service areas with a golf course in vulnerable groundwater regions.
Meaning These findings suggest that pesticides applied to golf courses may play a role in the incidence PD for nearby residents."
and...
"Conclusions and Relevance In this population-based case-control study, the greatest risk of PD was found within 1 to 3 miles of a golf course and risk generally decreased with distance. Associations with the largest effect sizes were in water service areas with a golf course and in vulnerable ground water regions."
Just a moment... |
That "paper" is nonsense and it's already been beaten to death on TOTV, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and every social media site in the world.
They motivation for the study was ...
"We hypothesized that individuals with addresses history in proximity to golf courses would have greater risk of incident PD compared with those who lived further away". Funny how their so-called study, confirmed what they wanted it to.
& as it applies to The Villages and most any place with a municipal water supply:
"Finally, our analysis of municipal wells revealed no association between PD risk and living in water service areas with a shallow municipal well (aOR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.24-1.64) or with a municipal well on a golf course (aOR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.21-1.50) (eTable 4 in Supplement 1)."