Posted AT 5:30 AM EDT on 28/06/06
Pesticides linked to increased risk of Parkinson's
People exposed to regular low doses of pesticides on the job, such as farmers and fishermen, suffer from sharply higher rates of Parkinson's disease, according to new research.The study, the largest and most detailed of its kind, found that workers with chronic exposure to pesticides and herbicides had a 70-per-cent higher rate of Parkinson's.
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