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(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, March 31, 2008) Researchers studying related individuals who share environmental and genetic backgrounds find an association between pesticide use and Parkinson\u2019s disease. The strongest links were between the disorder and use of herbicides and insecticides, such as organochlorines and organophosphates. The study, \u201cPesticide exposure and risk of Parkinson’s disease: a family-based case-control study<\/a>,\u201d was published March 28 online in the journal BMC Neurology.<\/p>\n

The research team from Duke University Medical Center and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Morris K. Udall Parkinson Disease Research Center of Excellence recruited 319 patients and over 200 relatives. They used telephone interviews to obtain histories of pesticide exposure, living or working on a farm, and well-water drinking. No association was found between Parkinson\u2019s disease and well-water drinking or living or working on a farm, which are two commonly used proxies for pesticide exposures.<\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s disease is a common neurological disorder affecting about 1 million people in the U.S. The disorder typically develops in later life resulting in symptoms such as tremors and muscle rigidity. Although variations in several genes have been identified that contribute to the disease, these rare genetic defects account for a small proportion of the overall prevalence of the disorder. The majority of Parkinson\u2019s disease cases are thought to be due to an interaction between genetic and environmental factors.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrevious studies have shown that individuals with Parkinson\u2019s disease are over twice as likely to report being exposed to pesticides as unaffected individuals\u201d says the study\u2019s lead author, Dana Hancock, \u201cbut few studies have looked at this association in people from the same family or have assessed associations between specific classes of pesticides and Parkinson\u2019s disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous studies<\/a> have also supported pesticides as a risk factor for Parkinson\u2019s disease. A Harvard School of Public Health study of more than 140,000 adults found that those exposed to long-term, low levels of pesticides had a 70 percent higher incidence of Parkinson’s. Researchers have found<\/a> that the risk factor for developing Parkinson\u2019s increases with high levels of pesticide exposure. Low-level exposure to dieldrin, a banned but persistent organochlorine pesticide lingering in the environment, appears to accelerate changes in the brain that can potentially lead to the onset of Parkinson’s disease symptoms years or even decades before they might naturally develop, according to a 2006 study<\/a>. Among the literature that links paraquat to Parkinson\u2019s is an April 2007 study<\/a> that finds farm workers exposed to paraquat have twice the expected risk of developing Parkinson\u2019s. For more information on pesticides\u2019 link to Parkinson\u2019s disease, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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No association was found between Parkinson\u2019s disease and well-water drinking or living or working on a farm, which are two commonly used proxies for pesticide exposures. Parkinson\u2019s disease is a common neurological disorder affecting about 1 million people in the U.S. The disorder typically develops in later life resulting in symptoms such as tremors and muscle rigidity. 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