| Can you get Parkinson's disease from your
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| | (dopamine-producing) which are the
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| environment? Do you know if you are
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| | roadways of communication. Direct
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| putting yourself in danger of getting it?
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| | toxicity is administered to the neurons
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| It is not known if Parkinson's disease is
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| | and causes damage.
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| caused by a genetic mutation,
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| | Paraquat is an insecticide (or herbicide)
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| environmental factors or a combination of
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| | that is similar to MPTP, which elicited
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| the two. Links have been found between
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| | Parkinson's-related symptoms in some
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| environmental toxins and the incurable,
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| | people who had tried to produce the drug
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| progressive neurological disease that
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| | heroine but ended up making MPTP quite
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| greatly affects a person's ability to
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| | unintentionally. Today MPTP is used as a
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| move, balance, and control their muscles.
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| | measure of the toxicity levels in other
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| When the symptoms of Parkinson's disease
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| | potentially harmful chemicals. Paraquat
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| can be traced back to a particular source
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| | is sprayed on crops such as corn and
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| this is referred to as Parkinsonism. For
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| | soybeans (which are most often found to
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| some individuals, the symptoms of this
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| | be growing in fields in the Midwestern
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| disease begin to show themselves after
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| | United States), fruit, cotton, and a
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| prolonged exposure to chemicals that are
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| | variety of other products.
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| either agricultural or industrial in
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| | Maneb, a diothiocarbamate fungicide,
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| nature. Sometimes symptoms take shape
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| | contains the heavy metal known as
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| after constant blows to the head (such as
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| | manganese. This metal was found to be
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| to be found in the sport of boxing),
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| | connected to symptoms of Parkinson's
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| incidence of carbon monoxide poisoning,
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| | disease. Maneb is often sprayed on
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| and infections caused by a multitude of
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| | lettuce, corn, potatoes, and tomatoes.
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| viruses. Parkinsonism can also relate to
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| | Both maneb and paraquat are applied to
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| the use of prescription drugs used to
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| | corn on a regular basis, which means that
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| treat epilepsy, depression,
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| | this crop has double the chemicals.
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| schizophrenia, and a host of other
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| | Experiments done with mice showed that,
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| conditions.
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| | when exposed to either paraquat or maneb
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| Parkinson's disease tends to crop up more
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| | alone, little if any damage to the brain
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| in rural areas. It is believed that
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| | occured. but when exposed to the
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| environmental factors are to blame in
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| | combination of paraquat and maneb, almost
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| part for that being the case. Many of
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| | all of the symptoms of early Parkinson's
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| these environmental factors come in the
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| | disease in humans were noted. Although
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| form of metals or compounds deemed toxic.
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| | the mice used in the experiment appeared
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| Three pesticide products that have been
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| | to be as healthy as they were before
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| found to be strongly connected to the
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| | being exposed to the environmental
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| incidence of Parkinson's disease include
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| | toxins, in reality the dopamine neurons
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| rotenone, maneb, and paraquat.
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| | were being destroyed and dying off. Many
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| Rotenone is a plant-based insecticide
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| | farmers in the same geographical
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| commonly used by farmers. This pesticide
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| | locations use combinations of these
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| has been shown to lead to disastrous
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| | chemical compounds to rid their fields of
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| results in the brain. It causes
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| | insects, weeds, and many funguses. This
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| inflammation, which in turn leads to the
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| | is bad news for the people who are
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| dying off of dopaminergic neurons
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| | exposed to these toxic substances.
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