Comments on: Study Sheds Light on Pesticides’ Link to Parkinson’s Disease http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=25 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Thu, 16 May 2013 16:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dale Shackelford http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=25#comment-87865 Dale Shackelford Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:31:26 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=25#comment-87865 Dear Terry
I Also have parkinsons,and I am a Viet Nam veteran. I filed a Claim for disability in November 09 I was first diagnosed 13 years ago 1997. I am in the VA system and pay co-pay. I would apreciate any updates on this

]]> By: Steve Fiscus http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=25#comment-18231 Steve Fiscus Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:41:50 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=25#comment-18231 I represent a group of Viet Nam veterans whole have been exposed to Agent Orange and have developed Parkinson. Right now we have information on over forty veterans with Parkinson.
We are not Iraq veterans, but Vietnam Veterans that are not getting any better service. We are a growing national interest group of Agent Orange/Parkinson’s Veterans that nothing is being done for. The VA just turns their head the other way. We have research that has been done at notable Centers across the USA the past 2 years that proves herbicides can cause Parkinson if you have the right genetic disposition. The IOM states they will not look at this research for another 2 years. This is men’s lives! The Parkinson’s Institute is going to report to the Collaborate Centers for Parkinson’s Disease Enviromental Research that pesticides are a potential risk factor for Parkinson’s Disease, a role suggested by both epidemiological statistics and laboratory evidence. Dr. Maraganore from the Mayo Clinic in Minn. states their studies confirm what has been found in previous studies; that exposure to herbicides, insecticides and other pesticides increases the risk for Parkinson’s. What we think may be happening is that the chemicals with other risk factors in men’s environment or genetic makeup, cause them to cross over the threshold into developing the disease. We have quite a few of these research studies saying this, but the VA does not acknowledge this. This is quite a knock to all our great research centers across the US. We are continuing to collect Agent Orange Parkinson Vets, getting Senators to help us, and will go for public publicity when we are ready. It is strange if this is not related to Agent Orange that all of these men got Parkinson’s in their 40′s and 50′s rather than typically at a older age.

Thank You for your time
TerryNickel@gomoorhead.com
for
Agent Orange /Parkinson’s Vets
Gary Nickel
Thank you
Steve Fiscus
swfiscus@msn.com
If you want more information about us email Terry or myself
Steve

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