There is little doubt that environmental issues do contribute to contracting Parkinson's disease. I remember in the late 50s and early 60s in the San Francisco Bay Area, trucks driving up and down our neighborhood streets spraying pesticide every where, to control mosquitoes. They sprayed our yards and homes , our toys in the front yard and even children who happen to be out.

It is also been proved that Parkinson's has a genetic component too, so that parents and grandparents can pass these genes onto their descendants. For an example parents and grandparents can pass these genes on to the next generation. It is not uncommon for brothers and sisters Aunts Uncles and cousins to have Parkinson's.

I do disagree with the idea that contact with an individual with Parkinson's can transmit the disease. Parkinson's is not contagious. Caretakers and friends need not fear.

We all know that caregivers can risk their own health by caring for someone else. The stress and anxiety takes its toll. I know of two instances personally where caregivers died soon after the passing of their loved ones.

Caretakers we love you. You are our lifelines you protect us and care for us. Please take care of yourself. Your life
is just as important as ours.!

🦉

i absolutely agree also, my wife worked in the health care field for almost 30 years and people who develope PD in the health care field is very high. yes enviroment i do think has alot to do with PD. my wife has had PD for the past 16 years and she thinks she had it for at least 5 years before she retired . as far as others coming down with PD who are caregivers i am and i am fine. the thing with being a caregiver seven days a week 24 hours a day 365 days a year will take it's toll on the caregiver, take it from me i know. in alot of cases the caregiver is gone before the person with PD is . alot of this is because most caregivers will not give up and we keep on pushing more and more. i guess that's all a part of this. take care, keep going foward, and hang in there.🙏🦋

Absolutely agree it's environmental... my 16 year old tremors... I'm terrified! We live in rural Iowa. Chemicals are being sprayed every season, herbicides, pesticides, round up, paraquat...
Our water report says 9 contaminants, of which 6 exceed legal limits....https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=IA(Phone number can only be seen by the question and answer creators)
We got a bee hive, just so crop dusters have limits on their spaying...

Good morning Monique. First, it seems to be, in part, PD is caused by environmental things because the number of cases are skyrocketing as opposed to the past; diagnosis is also more likely because there are doctors able to diagnose. Having been a caregiver I actually lost weight because of little down time and lots of activity, only the activity was different, not less.

@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member - One of the worst things I read about recently is that to make harvesting easier people are poisoning the plants so their equipment does not have to deal with the leaves until they are dead & dried up. They don't care that the herbicide becomes present in the potatoes or corn & even in the soil itself. How stupid can we be? Anything to make work easier, reduce the expense of hiring workers to harvest food by hand (mostly Mexicans who we are trying to keep out of our country. Americans would rather live off welfare than work that hard.) Where is the FDA when we really need it? Have the harvesting equipment companies bribed their way into government approval of deliberately poisoning our food? And what do they eat? Not everyone can have their own garden to supply all their vegetable needs for the year, including canning or freezing for the months beyond the growing season. Farmers market, here I come!

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