Europe’s flawed oversight of pesticides may be fueling a silent epidemic, warns Dutch neurologist Bas Bloem. His fight for reform pits him against industry, regulators — and time.
We’ve likely known about Parkinson’s since the 12th century, just never named it as such. But it’s very much possible that pollutants increase the risk.
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Identification of Parkinson’s disease coincides with the industrial revolution, so the claim is still plausible.
We’ve likely known about Parkinson’s since the 12th century, just never named it as such. But it’s very much possible that pollutants increase the risk.
Even at that time humans were exposed to pollution. Thinking of charcoal burner, miners, blacksmiths, dyer, and some others.
It was found that even the Romans were exposed to lead in the air that coming from mining.