[HappyTraveler]

Originally Posted by Mrmean58

Isolated case, my FIL was a large animal vet tending to herds of cattle. The herds were often in close proximity of other ag fields that sprayed chemicals such as those cited in the JAMA article. This was in the 60s and 70s when little was known on possible PD causes. He developed PD in his mid 40s and was forced into medical retirement. After his retirement he did lots of reading about possible causes and was a firm believer that his condition may have been brought on by the environmental factors.
Just relaying his story, not here to start an argument.

The chemicals.
We sure do need them for many things in our lives but, they are dastardly.

My stories: I read an article about a study released last year that indicated two particular groups were more susceptible to developing ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease - fatal) than the average. They were avid gardeners and athletes that played their sports on lawn surfaces. The likely conclusion being excessive exposure to the chemicals used.

I've personally known two people in the last 7 years who developed ALS. One was my lawn care guy where I used to live - in early 60s. The other was a friend who had been a teacher but, was a dedicated gardener all of her adult life. She was mid-70s.

My Dad was an engineer for Dupont at a chemical plant. He was always quite healthy - could count on one hand how many days of missed work over decades. Retired at 65, by 67 he was diagnosed with malignant brain cancer and died a few weeks before turning 68. His brother and both parents lived to their mid 80s.

Twenty plus years later, it was determined that Dupont had, for years, dumped toxic chemicals into the Ohio River resulting in an unusual number of cancer cases, thyroid disease, pregnancy deformities and more. An enormous class action lawsuit was filed and won. I have zero doubt that my dad died an early death from excess exposure to toxic chemicals.

[BrianL99]

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.

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Originally Posted by GoldenBoy

Well, if this JAMA article has been debunked on TOTV, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and all social media in the world, I guess we will just need to wait for Reddit and perhaps the Shopping Channel to weigh in before we make any rash judgements.

The OP posted on Social Media, so presumably he/she wants social media reaction. The social media reaction was months ago and beaten to death on most every social media platform. Any "rash judgments" should have been made months ago, when the story was actually news.

Of course ToTV typically runs a few news cycles behind the more broad based platforms.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by HappyTraveler

The chemicals.
We sure do need them for many things in our lives but, they are dastardly.

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Twenty plus years later, it was determined that Dupont had, for years, dumped toxic chemicals into the Ohio River resulting in an unusual number of cancer cases, thyroid disease, pregnancy deformities and more. An enormous class action lawsuit was filed and won. I have zero doubt that my dad died an early death from excess exposure to toxic chemicals.

That is why I always believe there is always a corporate smoking gun somewhere, though it will take years to find it. . . have seen similar corp illegal actions as well when i first started working in the real world after college in the early 80s.

However, the study does have lots of "flaws" as far as linking the premise to the conclusion, other than just a statistically higher correlation, and appears to be mostly lets do something with the EMR data we have, as a graduate or PhD study. .versus lets find a cause. .

just my social media posting brain from a doubting thomas

But the OP needs to read TOTV to keep up with news on a timely basis