The Alarming Rise in Parkinson’s Disease with Dr. Ray Dorsey | The Empowering Neurologist EP. 167 

I am an OB GYN and I have been telling my patients about RoundUp for over 15 years. Informed them of Dr. Seneff's research from MIT. Discussed the link to ALS, Parkinson's and cancers. Too bad that Monsanto has corrupted the FDA.

People always pick on me for being sensitive to chemical smells, it's called self preservation.

I've had to move four times to get away from toxic chemicals being sprayed in our environment - once from rural Georgia (nearby crops included peanuts, cotton and soy - sprayed year round), twice in Florida (roadside weed control one place, orange orchards the other) - moved overseas to escape and had to leave England after rape crops and wheat were sprayed with something that caused me to have hand tremors and the inability to lift my legs into bed without using my hands. I now live in the very rural mountains of northern Portugal where I grow my food organically and appreciate a countryside still filled with bees. This continued spraying of our planet is beyond dangerous. I've done a ton of research on it and seldom get off my soapbox about it now. Scary stuff being sprayed on crops, golf courses and even school yards.

People should heed their instincts. If it smells bad to you get away. If it tastes bad don’t eat it. If you feel uncomfortable with someone get away. We know more than we think.🇦🇺

My Dad had Parkinsons for 25 years before he died in his mid sixties. He was diagnosed at age 38 after losing his sense of smell and then developing a small tremor in his right index finger. Our family are convinced his Parkinsons was caused by some kind of metal poisoning. He was an electronics engineer, and from around the age of 14 would tinker with any type of gadget. One of my childhood memories is of me going to talk to him in his garage and finding him bent over the soldering iron working away. He spent many hours of every day doing this, without a mask, breathing in the fumes from the soldering iron. In those day we didn't know the danger of breathing metals and other chemicals in. I am convinced this is what caused his Parkinsons.

I am a Parkinson's specialized occupational therapist and most of my patients were exposed to pesticides used in farming, some from multiple concussions, which I also treat. I never gave dry cleaning chemicals a thought. My clinic (now closed) was a VA Choice facility, so I've seen a variety of strange neurological conditions and complicated disorders. My whole-person treatment model includes nutrition. My patients are always surprised about the nutrition component of Parkinson's because allopathic medicine is not about treating the cause, it's about promoting big pharma which is toxic too. Our military should know better and be held accountable for crimes against humanity and TREASON! Edit: Thank you, Dr. Permitted and for doctors like your guest, we need more doctors like you!❤

My bus stop is right outside a dry cleaner. I always feel sick after standing there. I will now walk to the next stop.

My dad worked in a tire factory for 42 years breathing petrochemical fumes. Later he also suffered two falls which left him with a head injury and spinal injury. I always believed working eight hours or more five or six days a week in those fumes was the cause of his Parkinson's. The falls didn't help. Many of his friends also suffered the same fate. The end of his life was a living hell. Hallucinations were horrible. I can still close my eyes and remember how his jacket smelled when I would hug him when he got home from work.

A friend of mine lived in a caravan on an apple farm. The whole place got sprayed every 2 weeks year-round. They told everyone to just keep the windows shut when the plane was spraying. I hadn't seen him for about 18 months but in that short period of time he had turned from a healthy strong man to a shaking wreck with nerve damage. A year after that he was riddled with cancer and died last year.

my dad was diagnosed at 65 of Parkinson's diseased he died at 72 years. he was a car mechanic, he very often transferred petrol from one car to the other using mouth to suction with a hose pipe. we suspected that the toxins from petrol could have damaged the brain because he did that a lot. he was suffering but I believe he is now in peace.

Men's suits, neck ties and dress shirts go through a chemical bath every week. I stopped wearing dresses, skirts and jackets that need dry cleaning years ago. Even the environmental friendly shops are still full of chemicals

I'm so very sorry for the tragic things my fellow humans here have had to endure + watch their beloveds, endure. My heart breaks for them.

Welll, as a Marine stationed around Camp Lajeune back in the 80's we were constantly exposed to dry cleaning fluids. Not only were we exposed through our dry cleaned uniforms, but used fluids were essentially dumped into our water supply by my old dry cleaning company, A-1 Cleaners.

I worry about anyone working in cheap $ stores, where there appears to be substantial offgassing from thousands of plastic products. On the few occasions I visit one, my upper lip starts to quiver. All that bad air being breathed in for hours every day is a real worry for the employees.

I would love to hear what these wonderful men have to say about fluoride in the water. These guys are amazing. SO PROUD OF YOU BOTH XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I have Parkinson's and metastatic breast cancer. I've long known my Parkinson's was due to chemical exposure plus repeated traumatic brain injuries and my breast cancer to chemicals, diet, poor sleep, and stress. I've only recently learned about the metabolic aspect of my illnesses. I've radically changed my diet, exercise, sleep, and exposure to chemicals (or as much as possible living next to an Army testing installation). I'm actually amazed at the abuse my body has suffered and yet continues to work fairly well for my age (79). I guess I owe that to my genes as it sure hasn't been from taking care of my body.

The common man doesn't stand a chance ! As a daughter of a Parkinson's sufferer who lost his life in 2019 I thank you!

Thank you for your help in getting the word out on chemical exposure. As a Vietnam veteran serving in combat 69-70 I am showing clinical signs of exposure to agent orange. I pray that this knowledge gets wide spread exposure.

Thank you both Dr Perlmutter, and Dr. Dorsey for helping us all! We desperately need doctors who care like you both do.

With changes in the economy leading to instability in the stock market, some individuals may face a decrease in their investments in an effort to benefit from the current market conditions, I am considering liquidating my $725k portfolio consisting of bonds and stocks. Someone else in the same situation? Please tell me in the comments!.

So informative thank you. I remember reading an article over 20 years ago in the UK Times newspaper regarding a man whose father had investigated the connection between agrichemicals and the prevalence of Parkinsons in farming communities. His name was Purdy and he was a direct descendant of the famous gunsmith James Purdy. The article reported how he & his father had been intimidated and harrassed regarding the publication of their research by the chemical producers/ distributors. My own father died of Parkinsons ten years ago & two of his sisters also developed the disease. All had worked on arable farms and in market gardening during the 50s/60s/70s. The remaining four siblings who were younger never worked in occupations that exposed them to agri chemicals and have not developed Parkinsons. It is a truly terrible disease and I sincerely hope that we can stop the use of all these pesticides/herbicides as a matter of urgency.

Both of my parents suffered & died from Parkinson's disease. I would still have them both in my life if they had not been exposed to the toxins that caused their ultimate death. Thank you for researching the cause and expressing the prevention of this terrible disease. God bless.

Thank you. Best episode. Working in environmental health and testifying before Senate, House and joint committees I listened to the opposition--the many well-paid lobbyists representing chemical manufacturers associations, cosmetic/toiletry/fragrance associations, PR firms and organizations whose purpose was to support their members when threatened which included the largest chemical manufacturers like Monsanto. Their most common tactic was using the tobacco industry's playbook: to refute evidence by muddying the scientific waters with "research" with "contradicting evidence" that was funded by the chemical manufacturers, organization or PR firm. Before working to change laws, you may want to consider getting the public interested and educated as they will support your efforts which is absolutely needed on both state and federal levels. Please consider making contact with and giving a copy of the book and this video to the grassroots environmental non-profits like the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and EWG (Environmental Working Group). With millions of members and being trusted sources for journalists, they will help to get this important information to the public. This would make a great segment on national news; a press conference or a press release is needed. Best wishes and keep up the good fight my brothers.

AWESOME BOOK: ENDING PARKINSONS DISEASE, DR.RAY DORSEY

My father is 90 years old. He currently has Parkinson's, and barely survived Non-Hodkin's lymphoma about 16 years ago. After seeing this interview, I asked my father if TCE was one of the chemicals he worked with during his career. It was, among others. He is one of the lucky ones. He had a brilliant oncologist who saved him, and even though he is in end-stage Parkinson's, he is not suffering nearly as badly as some people do. We are lucky to be living in California in a rural location where I doubt TCE has ever been widely used, and it is is banned in California in consumer products overall. I have two boys, 19 and 23, and I'm always worried about chemical exposure that could give them these diseases later in life. We have already lost our oldest son, adopted, to non-Hodkin's lymphoma, and I always wonder if he had some chemical exposure during his early childhood or his biological mother's pregnancy that affected him and predisposed him to getting cancer at the age of 25. He was not one of the lucky ones. He suffered terribly in the last days of his life. I hope people in all states and countries will fight harder to ban chemicals that are needlessly making people suffer.

Even on a smaller scale, chemicals in everyday items such as perfumes, colognes, plug-ins!! and Laundry detergent/fabric softeners are so toxic in recent years, many of us are very sick from what others do without even thinking twice. Fragrance-Free is not perfect, but considering the undisclosed chemicals in the "fragrance" ingredient, it is a much better choice. Want a nice smell in your house: peel an orange...or bake some cookies!

I urge everyone to listen to RFK Jr interviews concerning his top priorities. Environmental protection is on the top his list. Its going to take all of us to support him through crowd funding his campaign and civil activism. ❤ to all the scientists and truth tellers

.. as a German Biologist - growing up in Germany in the 1950´s with a wonderful amazing paradisical Garden maintained by an amazing Grand Mother who magically created all sorts of wonderful fruits and vegetables from a small space of soil I think everyday of that miracle when you experience the daily JOY of wonderful Nature creating the BEST you can have for almost no money just daily care... Even the labelled stuff in Super Markets today as Bio, Organic - you can Never ever know - what happened up to that moment you see it in the shelve... plus the 1000 ´s of toxxins we encounter each second Paradise lost...

OMG.....this explains why I had constant nose bleeds when I worked as a maintenance tech. At a printing Plant. They used Perchloroethylene, TCE, and different Blends for the solvent based inks. With Acetone, and other Alcohols. It was always a mystery. And none of the Doctors I saw ever made the connection. I used to watch in horror, as workers would clean with these chemicals with no gloves. I told them of the training I had from other companies, and that the capillaries in your fingers would absorb the chemicals directly into your blood stream. And that they must wear gloves, but they would not listen to me. I left that company many years ago, But I can still remember them cleaning ink pans in large tanks of solvent. With no gloves, up to their elbows everyday. All I could do was shake my head. There was no one to hold them accountable. What you don't know......can hurt you.

I began my career as a car trimmer in 1975 and on one vintage car the wool headlining needed cleaning. I discovered that my local hardware store sold carbon tetracycline which I had heard was amazing at cleaning fabrics. It came in a metal pint tin with a screw top cap. There was a white label which apart from its name, said this warning ‘ Organic solvent. Known carcinogen. Do not inhale or allow to spill on skin. This product may cause serious breathing difficulties which may occur many years later. ( or words to that effect ). Suitable breathing masks were not readily available in those days so I carried out the cleaning job using cotton rags to breathe through while applying the cleaner with the other, together with taking lots of fresh air and deep breaths. The cleaner made a very good job and I was exposed to the liquid for about an hour. I can’t believe that I put myself through that hazardous job just really for small change. I remember thinking that I would likely pay for it later down the line. I was diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease in 2020, 45 years later. I am fortunate that to date I have minor symptoms compared to others. Your interview was fascinating.

My grandfather died from complications of Parkinsons Disease age 75 after dealing with it about 10 years. He was a produce inspector in his 20s in Nigeria and I’ve long suspected it was due to that exposure since I read about the link some years ago.

What a stunning conversation. Thank you for this seminal dialogue on Parkinson's disease and the environmental causes that will need action at our end! Thanks Dr Ray!

My mom had Parkinson's for 20+ years. She was convinced she poisoned herself from flea bombs and flea powder for the dog. I avoid ALL pesticides.

Thank you for your work. Both my grandmother and my mother, her sister and one of her brothers had Parkinson's. I am in my seventies and look for the symptoms all the time. It is a horrible disease.

In the late 1970's I worked in two different test labs for major engine manufacturers. In both places TCE was used to clean parts every day. I refused to clean parts without an apron, long gloves, and a face shield. The old guys I worked with thought I was a wussy. They took no safety precautions with anything. Most of them had less than 10 fingers due to on the job amputations. They all has shaky hands and I thought it was their alcohol consumption. Nobody lived very long after they retired. Glad I moved on and stayed away from toxins, alcohol, tobacco. That stuff will kill you. 🚫

My father in law was an electrician. He developed Parkinson’s in his 70’s and ended up getting bladder cancer. My husband was at camp Lejuene during the period of contamination.

So glad that you guys are asking why! Keep doing what you do. Thanks, Doc.😊

I worked in a steel mill as a teen in the 70's, there was a barrel of it beside our line that we used to wash our hands before lunch. I only worked there for 3 years, but dread the possibilities, as I've had 'idiopathic' tremors in my hands and arms...

A NEW Program just opened this summer at The University of Texas-San Antonio Health Science Center EXCLUSIVELY focused on causes of Parkinson’s Disease! My hope is that they will be successful. My husband died 3 weeks ago after 20 horrible years of Parkinson’s Disease and its Dementia.

There is a large group of people who worked for a Computer Peripheral Company who had us use trichlorelene to regularly clean the heads on main frame computer Tape Drives... we would pour TCE on a lintless cleaning cloth while we held the cloth in our hands and then use the wetted cloth to clean the the heads on these tape drives. I remember how it would leave our skin de-oiled and how it smelled....Back then, being concerned about it, I called it in to Connecticut's poison control center.. They said, "there was noting to worry about it".. You could not do this cleaning procedure without getting the TCE on your hands and inhaling the fumes... That was back in the EARLY 1970S....is there any interest in looking into this exposure?. I am now 79 years old and experiencing hand tremers that seem to be getting worse as time goes by.

My husband is 84 and when we stoped going to the gym in 2020 because of the pandemic, we stopped exercising and by the end of that year my husband had developed Parkinson and severe dementia with moments of psychosis, it came on very quickly. I tried to give him the basic medication for Parkinson but his psychosis became worse and he became hostel on the medication, I stopped the medication and told the Dr what happened.

Have a friend who developed Parkinson's Disease; the thing that stood out for me about her is that she ALWAYS suffered from problems sleeping. Always sleep deprived. And of course you can die from sleep deprivation. Nervous system breaks down.

I never ever buy clothing that says need to be dry cleaned. I don't want chemicals on my clothes and in my opinion, it is a waste of money.

My father was addicted to cigarettes. He tried to quit several times. When he did he became so unpleasant that my mother threatened to leave him if he ever tried to quit smoking again. Years later, he one day just stopped. Years after, he developed Parkinson disease. Now it all makes sense.

And we are told that chemistry has been such a huge improvement to our society.

This is so depressing. But thank you for sharing it. It needs to be shared.

Instead of Value-based medicine, perhaps we should shift to root cause medicine. Great interview, thanks for taking the time to do this one.

Thanks for specifying the Camp Lejeune water. I drank the water, the"bug juice", showered in it, did my laundry in it, swam in it, in the 60's. A buddy died of cancer twenty years ago.

My son & I play a lot of golf at a particular course. We both have been experiencing nose bleeding. I’m starting to suspect a chemical exposure. 😮

My husbands uncle died with Parkinson’s after working in a soybean extraction plant his whole adult life. The hexane used as a solvent is what I believe caused his disease. He finally was made to retire bc his Parkinson’s was a safety hazard. RIP Allen.

Critically important information presented in a digestible format - thank you.

The fox is guarding the henhouse. TCE (Trichloroethylene) was used to clean circuit boards, especially for defluxing. In the 70s and 80s, every electronic technician and engineer had a tray of TCE on their desk to clean up boards they were working with. No consideration for ventilation was made. In Tucson, AZ, a dry cleaner would pump waste TCE into a well, into the City aquifers that supply drinking water. The city closed a few wells, and other wells produce water with "acceptable" levels of TCE.

I read a fantastic book years ago called "SLOW DEATH BY RUBBER DUCK"....... What an eye opener that book is too

My father wore suits every working day that had been cleaned by dry cleaning. He developed severe Parkinson’s disease in his early 60s. Makes me wonder.

I am an RN MSN CNS PHN of 30 years & I love that we are finally involving public health & the environment in looking at disease prevention. Newport Beach, Camp Lejeune, Super Fun Sites, Air Pollution, What we don't see, not knowing that we are consuming chemicals in butter, margarine, cheese. Wow. Thank You Drs. Permutter & Dorsey.

I worked in a dry cleaning place small family business. Everyday after 2 weeks being there in the pressing part I would suffer from sever headaches. At first I thought it was the loudness or the humidity in there in the summer. But it was actually the chemicals they used in the wash strong chemicals very few customers know of or hear about. So when that perfectly pressed shirt pants whatever hits the press the smell is strong. I had to quit. But remember folks you need to ask what they use while washing your items.

Was interested in your comments about a connection between the vagus nerve and the brain in terms of macromolecules which are able to transit along this route.. In the early 1980s I had an odd stomach infection which tracked up into my brain and caused me a lot of problems with extreme tiredness which over the years morphed into depression, which to this day is still a problem. This is an area of health which is rarely mentioned - so good to hear it here!

Off topic. * Thank you, Dr. Purlmutter, for healing me, perhaps saving my life. Your book, Grain Brain, literally popped up in front of me after a decade or so of begging doctors and praying to God for the understanding of what was happening to me. One day in my local library I turned my head to the right for no particular reason and in my direct line of sight my eyes read the words Grain Brain. Intriguing title , I thought. Reading your book I realized that my fingers locking at the second knuckle and aching knees and the very slowly growing/arising bumps on my knuckles which one doc called cysts and increasing loss of range of motion to where I wondered who would put on my socks when I couldn’t all started when America’s wheat flour transitioned from God’s original wheat to man’s invented low-growth, high gluten wheat. So I went to a gluten free diet. Easier now to follow than when I started as today many more gluten free products are sold. Range of motion returned, knees stopped aching, no more “cysts” developed. Occasionally a knuckle locks but I can quickly straighten it. God answered my prayer through your book when no doctor I saw in person helped. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Blessings. You are truly doing God’s work.

Forget Organic from stores. They are farming the plants on the same land. The sprayed section flows through the air and lands on organic area. They are also allowing the water that is feeding the treated plants to water the organic plants. So maybe a bit less exposure but not much. You have to plant your own garden or find a local truly organic farmer, maybe a coop, otherwise throwing money away.

Dr. Ray Dorsey has the most beautiful planes to his face, and his compassion glows from him. Someone should paint his portrait, for a museum of fine art. (Also, thanks for the medical message.)

My dad was a house painter, breathing the chemicals he suffered from emphysema later on in life. O and glaucoma from the sun shining on those walls.

This is indeed a breathtaking conversation! Thank you, both doctors, for your passion and perseverance on our behalf. We need a zero tolerance policy by society on the continued manufacture and sale of these chemicals as well as clear cautionary signage around dangerous sites.

Organic food should be the only foodstuff that we eat. Air filter in our homes. Being 81 and awareness of this forever has made a difference in behavior. But did have a husband Who smoked unfiltered cigarettes. Our awareness makes a big difference. Thank you for sharing and support.

Respect and gratitude to both of you doctors for your work!

Today, I volunteered at a food bank. I was bagging onions the size of grapefruit, my arms started itching, then it moved up to my neck. No one else started itching. I believe the onions are sprayed with something.

I work with Parkinson’s patients at the hospital and several of them got it from Agent Orange in Vietnam. One woman worked most of her life in a company that worked in an old chemical plant. She and several workers supposedly developed Parkinson’s or cancer and they’d have headaches at work. It didn’t occur to them until later that the chemicals in the air ducts probably affected them.

My dad died of Parkinson's after having it for about 18 years. He got it a couple of years after having a bad case of appendicitis. He was a very healthy and active guy, but didn't do much for his gut health to counteract the disease.

My Grandfather died many, many years ago of what sounded like Parkinson's Disease. He was a farmer and they sprayed plenty of poison on crops. My great aunt who grew cranberries and sprayed them had plenty of Cancer in the family. I only buy organic cranberries even to this day.

This issue is a symptom of a much bigger problem. This country desperately needs regime change. Imagine if we had leadership like RFK Jr, who actually takes environmental issues seriously and knows how to go after the corporations behind the problem.

I suspect my grandfather who died in the 60's in his 60's had Parkinson’s. I remember how his hand shook. He had a dry cleaning business that he ran for many years. My father started to run the business when his father started to physically deteriorate. My father later in his life developed Parkinson’s. He died a few years ago. Thankfully our family no longer work in the dry cleaning business.

I had a jacket in the 70's that I sent for dry cleaning but when I picked it up the smell was so...like being in the pesticide isle at a hardware store. Never used the service again. Did not buy dry clean items. Did not allow it at home at all. I was so repulsed by it and could instantly tell if other homes had dry cleaned items just by the smell. Also cannot step foot into a nail salon. What the heck...all those paint chemicals, a fan in the corner for 'ventilation', and paper masks for workers sitting in that air all day.

Fasting will do a great deal to prevent or help reverse dementia. Low carb will help a lot, too. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. 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My nan died of Parkinson’s. She always used old-fashioned mothballs, and I’ve always wondered whether these played a role.

Wow you guys are great .I'm an old person with a year 10 education and I understood...for the most part..ha ha ,what you were saying. I will certainly pass this on to my friend who has Parkinsons. Thank you.

May God bless these men for disclosing the truth about harmful chemicals.

You know you say there's not a lot of us out here but the truth is there are lots of us out here, if we look around more and pay attention more, we start to notice how many more of us. There really are. Knowledge and awareness is growing! Thank you for this excellent discussion! My dad has Parkinson's and did time at camp lejeune

My stepdad owned and operated three dry cleaners in two of his three full service coin-op laundromats. He's 90 years old with dementia, but no movement disorder like you normally see with Parkinson's. The dry cleaning fluid he used was called perchlorethylene. His machines contained a still that purified the dirty fluid to recycle it. He never wore a respirator or any protective gear when it came time to periodically clean the dirt out of the boiler.

I have contacted my Congressional representatives with a request to ban these chemicals. My mother died of Parkinson's in 1996.

My mother had Parkinson's lost her sense of smell in her 30s couldn't smell a roast cooking, Tremers started in her mid 60s shuffled to walk and could not raise her arms above her head, i believe its from the fly spray ( Mortine) she used to fill the manual sprayer with Mortine and spray the house to rid the flies before my father got home from work in the 1970s, us kids would run outside or hide under a blanket the smell was so strong, i have read airline hostesses were getting Parkinson's as part of their job was to spray the aircraft cabins with pesticides after every flight. I here BORAX helps remove metals from the body, maybe someone needs to do a study on that to see if it help with Parkinson's sufferers, too late for my mother unfortunately may she RIP.

My dad had menigitis as a child, was in WW 2 became an electrician , had hand shakes for as long as I knew, was always said it was from the menigitis, but in the 1980's was diagnosed with Parkinsons, he died in the late 90's but from emphysema, although he was really becoming 'trapped' by Parkinson's.

Sadly, I am hypersensitive to the chemicals in coffee... even one cup in the morning and I literally will be unable to sleep that night. We have an air filter and an Aqua Tru Water Filter. I pray for lasting changes to make these chemicals illegal to use.

When pesticide use was mentioned, I'm glad that you specifically mentioned, for instance, lawn chemicals which are herbicides. So both are toxic and to be avoided. I've also been aware of the "re-sealing" of an asphalt driveway, often done yearly, and the strong smell that it off gasses for quite a while. Breathing that can't be good.

I love the dandelines in my grass! They are cute and look like little suns!

Nice to listen two very compassionate and caring doctors.

Thank you , Right at retirement My Doctor Got Parkinson's , He retired about 8 Months ago , I felt bad for Him . I had an aunt who had it too . and I have been noticing this Uptick , Thank you , Liked and Shared :) QC

I used to work at a place in the Uk that used TCE to clean and degrease small components. No one used gloves and just put the parts in and out of tubs of TCE. People would comment on how the TCE would make you feel light headed if you breathed the fumes. There were 45 gallon barrels of the stuff and it was regularly spilt. It was mentioned how toxic this stuff was and we heard a story about an air force guy who was spraying the belly of a plane with TCE to clean it. He dropped dead while doing the job.

My daughter is a care worker, her client has Organophosphate poisioning, through being a pilate, and fumes from getting into the cockpits, he has a farmer friend that has his from sheep dip,

Decades ago, people were also saying pesticides were connected with polio symptoms. EMFs (electromagnetic frequencies) have also been associated with various epidemics for well over 100 years.

My uncle developed Parkinson’s after exposure to spraying lead arsenate on his apple orchard. In the beginning he wore the full protective suit but then he got careless and would do the spraying without protective gear.

Thank you for a brilliant conversation. I am so pleased that some medics have caught up with the causal connection between the gut and the rest of the human organism .As a humble drama student, I referred to this link in conversation with a doctor ,who responded with derision. Forty years ago. It seems my idea is catching on! As for my Parkinson’s….would love to know how and why…..this was food for thought….

My husband past 4 weeks of "Parkinson's disease" he used to send his shirts and suits to the cleaners. He died 3 days short of his 74th birthday. The progression was terrible. Unfortunately his Dr's did not know much about Parkinson's in fact he wanted to call my husband's symptoms Alzheimer's. Even though he had classic symptoms of Parkinson's. Physicians need more exposure to Parkinson's especially Neurologist. There are so many other issues that can be related to Parkinson's such as the GI system. Early on he was sent to a psychologist nexted he developed Tremors which he was told were related to his psych meds. I can go on and on. His Parkinson's course was a calamity of errors. So sad for a wonderful man.

I'm glad he brought up how we are told ulcers are caused by stress... I had two stomach ulcers before the age of 6. I was not "stressed" at age 4 and 6.

NHS did a longitudinal study of users of low fat dairy from the 80s to the 2020s to study the outcome on cholesterol or hearthealth. But instead it showed positive for increased rates of Parkinons. It was not found thay it was due to the lack of fats but due to the process of making low fat dairy. Im sure the study is on line as it involved 100s or 1000s of participants, many from the NHS.

Bravo for the suggestion that we need to make football safer. All those talented young athletes deserve to be stars without risking early onset disabilities.. My high school football team became the state champions for California. They had expert professional coaching because one of the cheerleader's dad was head coach of a top in the nation university team. At the 40 year reunion three of those former hard working boys had early dementia. One of my school friends stopped playing football in Jr. high ,even though he was a star, He quit so he would have more time to study for entrance to a top medical school. He achieved his goal but mentioned that it was a hard decision at the time. He felt however it was definitely a lucky one for his cognitive longevity!

The One Thing that wasn’t mentioned here is IF those already diagnosed could be helped to restored Good Health. I hesitate to share this wonderful dialogue with a few friends who are already in the midst of this disease. Is there any hope for restoration of nerve damage? Thank you for this wonderful & enlightening discussion❣️Avanti‼️

We need A LOT more doctors like this. A 26yr ME/CFS moderate/severe…bed bound.

My dentist has Parkinson's I have to wonder about the mercury vapours from amalgam fillings is a cause.

Thank you for the eye opening content. Such a great insight to the Disease. I just did a Google search and I can buy online, here in Australia, 5 litre containers to 200 litre drums of TCE. How mind boggling given what's known about this chemical.

On a side note, when I want to go for a nice walk in my neighborhood, a car or two will drive by, giving off lovely car exhaust, so I try to hold my breath for a while until it subsides... It's frustrating.

This is so good!! Everyone should see this!!