tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576518534043843234.post7154762240630340777..comments2023-10-04T11:30:15.484-04:00Comments on Parkinson's Focus Today: DDT, GRANDPA'S FARM AND MEMagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17436149078101579405noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576518534043843234.post-35726217503293856682012-04-28T14:21:43.566-04:002012-04-28T14:21:43.566-04:00Dear Mrs Flynn,
Did you husband maintain any conta...Dear Mrs Flynn,<br />Did you husband maintain any contact with other foster children at the same home?Magshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436149078101579405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576518534043843234.post-65065781004279825202012-04-22T04:38:54.187-04:002012-04-22T04:38:54.187-04:00My husband was fostered for several years as a boy...My husband was fostered for several years as a boy in the 50s by a woman who had a phobia about insects. She doused all beds with so much DDT that if a pillow was struck a cloud of DDT powder would rise. My husband developed Parkinsons in his early 60s.Christine Flynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576518534043843234.post-76966527257077109502011-11-17T21:34:01.178-05:002011-11-17T21:34:01.178-05:00DDT was used during WWII to kill lice. Which expla...DDT was used during WWII to kill lice. Which explains why it was also used as a precautionary treatment.<br />There are some people who propose that there may be a genetic predilection for PD or that some people are born just waiting for the triggers to accumulate.<br />The theory extends to say that those who have the same life experiences but not the internal programming do not develop PD.<br />I think the jury is still out on this concept but it might explain why your grandfather developed PD while others with similar shampoo exposure did not develop PD.Parkinson's Focus Todayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499937669529601167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576518534043843234.post-87995293191357379102011-11-14T23:46:39.922-05:002011-11-14T23:46:39.922-05:00my dad grew up in london uk in the 1950's. he ...my dad grew up in london uk in the 1950's. he passed away this august from lewy body dementia (which is a combination of parkinsons and alzheimers). when he was diagnosed he mentioned to me that he thought it could be related to having his head washed with DDT by his mother for some reason or other...do you think this is likely or was there some other toxic but widely used chemical around that time that could also have something to do with his disease...it's too late for him but it would still interest me to know...thanksrachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576518534043843234.post-9803554192481679112010-10-12T05:32:56.538-04:002010-10-12T05:32:56.538-04:00I was born in 1947 in a Displaced Persons camp in ...I was born in 1947 in a Displaced Persons camp in southern Austria to parents of Slovenian descent who were refugees from the war. The camp was run by the British Military who used DDT liberally to spray directly on the camp's inhabitants to ward off parasites and insect-borne diseases. I was exposed early on in-utero to DDT acquired through my mother's chronic exposure then through breast feeding.<br /><br />In 1950 we emigrated to a farm in Iowa where we lived with our sponsors for a year. There was more DDT/pesticide exposure for me through routine crop dusting.<br /><br />Then we moved to Detroit where the spraying of DDT to combat a fungus-spreading, beetle infestation of elm trees was in full swing for the rest of the decade. I remember standing around the spraying-trucks thinking they were spraying some harmless fertilizer/water mixture.<br /><br />I struggled from about 1960 on throughout my adult life with unexplained neurological/psychological issues such as chronic shyness, anxiety, panic attacks, mood swings and depression.<br /><br />You guessed it - at age 59 I was diagnosed with Parkinson's when I noticed a persistent slow, involuntary tremor in my right hand.<br /><br />Anecdotaly speaking, I really have to conclude that DDT along with a possible hereditary predisposition were the culprits. My uncle also had a prounounced hand tremor at age 40 that only became worse but was never diagnosed as to the cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576518534043843234.post-37567527034989088172009-06-21T22:17:47.992-04:002009-06-21T22:17:47.992-04:00Although it appears that you might have had a cons...Although it appears that you might have had a considerable one time esposure of DDT, from what we have read, that is probably not enough exposure to have triggered an essential tremor.<br /><br />However, since you did grow up on a farm it is possible that your exposure level to pesticides, herbicides, insecticides was much higher than your one-time handling of the DDT to treat the bed bug riddled mattress.<br /><br />It is more likely that you already had exposure but that close-up and personal exposure may have been the trigger.<br /><br />Did YOU sleep on this mattress or just the farmhands?Parkinson's Focus Todayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499937669529601167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576518534043843234.post-43942714788394212692009-06-20T20:18:25.743-04:002009-06-20T20:18:25.743-04:00No one I know in our family of ten children has &q...No one I know in our family of ten children has "familial" tremor. My parents hired farm hands who brought bedbugs into the home. We could not get rid of them with the traditional treatments. When DDT was legalized, I ordered it from Sears, put our mattresses on the porch and painted the corners with DDT. This treatment worked wonders...but shortly afterward I developed some neurological problems and have an essential tremor that can be quite a nuisance. Could it be from the DDT?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576518534043843234.post-90716291959339599662008-09-28T21:51:00.000-04:002008-09-28T21:51:00.000-04:00Which grandma had dementia? Jenny? I don't know ...Which grandma had dementia? Jenny? I don't know which is worse, the chemicals from the farms around where I live or the chemicals in the city where I would like to return. Maybe it is the inherited gene stuff that really makes me think. I love you Dad.<BR/><BR/>--LMMLois Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04908293685852842432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576518534043843234.post-20765991213260825702008-09-28T02:05:00.000-04:002008-09-28T02:05:00.000-04:00Wow pretty scary when you think about it! Pesticid...Wow pretty scary when you think about it! Pesticides are used so freely...they are everywhere...chemicals in our water too! Who knows what real effect all of this has on us? I know our old neighborhood was built on old farm land our first street had like five different people with cancer...we moved ten years later five minutes away same city...that street had over ten people known with cancer! I worried then what effect it would have on my children, husband and myself...I now have MSA! Hmmm...makes ya think!<BR/>Take Care B'nanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com