Tag: farming health hazards
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Long‑Term Chlorpyrifos Exposure Raises Parkinson’s Risk – What Residents Near Farms Should Know
Researchers found that people who lived or worked near sustained chlorpyrifos use had over 2.5 times the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease compared with those with little or no exposure. Lab work in mice and zebrafish also showed movement problems, loss of dopamine neurons, brain inflammation, and buildup of alpha‑synuclein – the same hallmarks seen