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Environmental Exposures Key to Neurologic Disease

Letter: More research needed on sources of Parkinson s disease

Editor of the Reformer: Dear Legislative Leaders, In May of 2016 I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Since them I have witnessed a degradation in mobility and cognitive functioning. I am fortunate to be living in a time where drugs and exercise have a combined effect at slowing the disease’s progression; however, no cure exists. With the above in mind I would like the state of Vermont to begin the collection of data as it relates to the tracing of Parkinson’s. As outlined in “The Rise of Parkinson’s Disease” (E. Ray Dorsey, Todd Sherer, Michael S. Okun, Bastiaan R. Bloem for American Scientist) research reveals the rise of Parkinson’s in rural areas likely elevated by the presence of the following: paraquat, rotenone and trichlorethylene. The first two are used in agricultural applications while the latter is used in “washing away grease, cleaning silicon wafers, removing spots in dry cleaning.” Current evidence exists linking the

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