Dr. Ray Dorsey
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And we know that the cells that are lost in Parkinson's disease have huge energy demands. and that these things are inhaled. So I think you can weave together a story by which these toxicants are causing many people to have, likely many people to have Parkinson's disease.
And we know that the cells that are lost in Parkinson's disease have huge energy demands. and that these things are inhaled. So I think you can weave together a story by which these toxicants are causing many people to have, likely many people to have Parkinson's disease.
You're right, I wasn't, or maybe I must have missed it, because I don't think I ever learned anything. I don't think I even heard about trichloroethylene when I was in medical school.
You're right, I wasn't, or maybe I must have missed it, because I don't think I ever learned anything. I don't think I even heard about trichloroethylene when I was in medical school.
You're right, I wasn't, or maybe I must have missed it, because I don't think I ever learned anything. I don't think I even heard about trichloroethylene when I was in medical school.
The real gift is I had a sabbatical about five or six years ago, and I spent a lot of time reading the work of my colleague, a woman, Dr. Caroline Tanner, who's a professor of neurology and an epidemiologist at University of California, San Francisco. And she and her colleagues had done a study looking at TCE 10 years ago.
The real gift is I had a sabbatical about five or six years ago, and I spent a lot of time reading the work of my colleague, a woman, Dr. Caroline Tanner, who's a professor of neurology and an epidemiologist at University of California, San Francisco. And she and her colleagues had done a study looking at TCE 10 years ago.
The real gift is I had a sabbatical about five or six years ago, and I spent a lot of time reading the work of my colleague, a woman, Dr. Caroline Tanner, who's a professor of neurology and an epidemiologist at University of California, San Francisco. And she and her colleagues had done a study looking at TCE 10 years ago.
And finding that the rates of rates of Parkinson's among twins who had either worked with it or had hobby exposure to TCE were increased rates of Parkinson's by 500 percent.
And finding that the rates of rates of Parkinson's among twins who had either worked with it or had hobby exposure to TCE were increased rates of Parkinson's by 500 percent.
And finding that the rates of rates of Parkinson's among twins who had either worked with it or had hobby exposure to TCE were increased rates of Parkinson's by 500 percent.
And then research from animal from other researchers, Don Gash in Kentucky and others have showed that when you feed TCE to laboratory mice or rats, they develop the clinical and pathological features of Parkinson's and they lose those dopamine molecules. producing nerve cells in the brain.
And then research from animal from other researchers, Don Gash in Kentucky and others have showed that when you feed TCE to laboratory mice or rats, they develop the clinical and pathological features of Parkinson's and they lose those dopamine molecules. producing nerve cells in the brain.
And then research from animal from other researchers, Don Gash in Kentucky and others have showed that when you feed TCE to laboratory mice or rats, they develop the clinical and pathological features of Parkinson's and they lose those dopamine molecules. producing nerve cells in the brain.
And then I read a lot more of Dr. Tanner's work showing that in the late 1990s, that twin studies suggested that environmental causes were the predominant explanation for people who develop Parkinson's disease. She showed that exposure to Paraquat 10 years ago among farmers was associated with 150% increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease.
And then I read a lot more of Dr. Tanner's work showing that in the late 1990s, that twin studies suggested that environmental causes were the predominant explanation for people who develop Parkinson's disease. She showed that exposure to Paraquat 10 years ago among farmers was associated with 150% increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease.
And then I read a lot more of Dr. Tanner's work showing that in the late 1990s, that twin studies suggested that environmental causes were the predominant explanation for people who develop Parkinson's disease. She showed that exposure to Paraquat 10 years ago among farmers was associated with 150% increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease.
Dr. Jeff Bronstein and Dr. Pieta Ritz at UCLA, not too far from where you're sitting, did research showing that air pollution and well water drinking were associated with Parkinson's disease. So I had the gift of a sabbatical in which I read a lot of literature. And the more I read, you know, a lot of time you go down rabbit holes. But this time you kept going and you kept going and kept going.
Dr. Jeff Bronstein and Dr. Pieta Ritz at UCLA, not too far from where you're sitting, did research showing that air pollution and well water drinking were associated with Parkinson's disease. So I had the gift of a sabbatical in which I read a lot of literature. And the more I read, you know, a lot of time you go down rabbit holes. But this time you kept going and you kept going and kept going.
Dr. Jeff Bronstein and Dr. Pieta Ritz at UCLA, not too far from where you're sitting, did research showing that air pollution and well water drinking were associated with Parkinson's disease. So I had the gift of a sabbatical in which I read a lot of literature. And the more I read, you know, a lot of time you go down rabbit holes. But this time you kept going and you kept going and kept going.