Europe@feddit.orgbydwazou@jlai.lu1 year‘Parkinson’s is a man-made disease’ - Pesticides may be fueling a silent epidemic, warns Dutch neurologist Bas Bloemwww.politico.eu English 22261266
lemmyng@lemmy.caEnglish1 yearFrom 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. 5455
𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devEnglish1 yearWe’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. 20
DrunkenPirate@feddit.orgEnglish1 yearEven 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. 12
naeap@sopuli.xyzEnglish1 yearJust 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 1
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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.
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