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NBC Admits Parkinson’s Disease Was Caused By Chemical Pollutants Pumped Into the air – via winepress.com
Chemicals used in agricultural and industrial manufacturing used for decades have led to a large number of Americans developing Parkinson’s Disease, NBC is now shining a light on it.
The Mayo Clinic says “Parkinson’s disease is a movement disorder of the nervous system that worsens over time.” The symptoms start out small and hardly noticeable, but continue to get worse and worse overtime. Symptoms include:
- Tremors
- Slowed movement
- Rigid muscles
- Poor posture and balance
- Loss of autonomous movements
- Changes in speech and writing
- Depression and anxiety
- Trouble sleeping
- Absent-mindedness
In the U.S., there is something called the “Parkinson’s Belt” which stretches across the sunbelt and rustbelt states.
As cases of this disease continue to climb, scientists are studying more for answers and are determining that the use of pesticides and other toxic chemicals are the cause.
Dr. Tim Greenamyre, director of the Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative diseases, had been conducting lab studies on the pesticide Rotenone, which is believed to be a contributing factor in the disease. After years of study he too developed Parkinson’s and he believes it was because of his overexposure to the chemical while studying it.
“My guess is that my laboratory work with making a model of Parkinson’s disease lead to my getting Parkinson’s disease,” he told NBC.
Daily Mail also reported:
Beginning in the 1990’s, Dr Greenmyre began to see investigating this chemical. In 2011, a study found that farmers who used rotenone had a 2.5 times higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than those who didn’t.
In 2000, Dr Greenmyre and his team published a study in Nature that showed how injecting rotenone into rats caused them to develop problems moving within three months.
At nine months, the chemical had caused changes in their brains that was similar to what you’d see in a human Parkinson’s patient.
Sometimes, in studying the chemical, it would get on his gloves, Dr Greenmyre recalled in the journal Science in 2023. This exposure would come back to him when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2021, suspecting a link to his research.
‘The irony is obvious,’ Dr Greenmyre said.
In response, the EPA restricted the use of rotenone twice, and it’s no longer available for purchase by home gardeners. Still, with some red tape, it is available for use, and the EPA said there is ‘insufficient evidence’ to link the chemical to Parkinson’s.
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