dwazou@jlai.lu to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months ago‘Parkinson’s is a man-made disease’ - Pesticides may be fueling a silent epidemic, warns Dutch neurologist Bas Bloemwww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down15
arrow-up1261arrow-down1external-link‘Parkinson’s is a man-made disease’ - Pesticides may be fueling a silent epidemic, warns Dutch neurologist Bas Bloemwww.politico.eudwazou@jlai.lu to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.cacakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down1·2 months agoFrom the article: a condition shaped less by genetics and more by prolonged exposure to toxicants like air pollution, industrial solvents and, above all, pesticides. Identification of Parkinson’s disease coincides with the industrial revolution, so the claim is still plausible.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoWe’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.
minus-squareDrunkenPirate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoEven 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.
minus-squarenaeap@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoJust imagine how they cooked with wooden fires in their huts a few thousand years ago. Couldn’t be healthy either. And as you said, as soon as we started with metal stuff, this took on a whole new dimension of pollution
From the article:
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.
Just imagine how they cooked with wooden fires in their huts a few thousand years ago.
Couldn’t be healthy either.
And as you said, as soon as we started with metal stuff, this took on a whole new dimension of pollution