Health News
Pesticides and Parkinsons
June 26, 2006
A recent study of chemicals in everyday products such as weed killers and fly sprays found users were almost twice as likely to develop Parkinson's disease. Most of the fruits and vegetables that we eat are grown using pesticides.
Environmental campaigners warn that not enough is known about the dangers of the pesticide chemicals that we use in our homes and gardens. Pesticides attack the neurological systems of insects. If pesticides are good at killing a pest, thought must be given to affect it would have on humans.
It appears as though individuals that have exposure to pesticides have a 70 percent increased chance of developing Parkinson's than those who were not exposed.