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High risk of Parkinson’s disease for people exposed to pesticides near workplace: Pesticide ziram implicated as possible cause for disease
May 26, 2011 by NewsBot
Researchers have found that exposure to certain pesticides increased the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) by three-fold, for non-farm workers who simply lived near fields being sprayed. Further, the study also implicates the pesticide ziram in the pathology of PD.
