My father raised yew trees and was told to use diazinon.

He developed Parkinson’s by his early fifties

and eventually died from it after a long debilitating struggle. I hate the chemical companies that knew
how horrible it was and ONLY CARED FOR PROFIT. They let a good, kind man suffer and die for their
greed. And deprived me of my dad.

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Karen Yau

Karen Yau

1 year ago

Heartbreaking that for reasons of correlation v causation we’re not pricing these social and
environmental costs. A good reminder for me to make better choices as a consumer and may my organic
garden live on.

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Premaust
Premaust

1 year ago

My mom was a teacher and is suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Our lives turned upside down because
of this terrible disease. It’s so heartbreaking to see how she suffers. Mom lived in an agricultural area for
a very short period of time decades ago.

But I always thought there could have a link with depression and Parkinson’s. Or the chalk they used in
schools.

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The Coi

The Coi

1 year ago

Makes sense. My daughter interacted with neighbots plants which had been exposed to weed killer and
pesticides. She suffered a seizure not to long after. The doctor said what she experienced could not be
classified as a seizure unless it happened more than once. She has never played in the yard since due to
their constant use of weed killers and pesticides. She has never suffered from another seizure episode
since. Of course there is a neurological adverse reaction in humans to weed killers and pesticides. The
plant life and insect life pesticides kill are no different from human life.

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In tune

In tune

1 year ago (edited)

My uncle had Parkinsons . In his own words "I came back from WW2 and used rough pestcides and
fertilizers in dangerous quantities

At our small farm

For a few years .I now

now it was wrong and it gave me the illness. "

He went Organic and

tried to warn his friends.

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Collette McQuaide

Collette McQuaide

1 year ago

My father was a market gardner during WWII. He had Parkinson's . My sister who was born and raised in
the same area.

She died from early onset breast cancer. I have always believed their exposure to ddt use.

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Ruth Slone

Ruth Slone

1 year ago (edited)

As someone suffering from a different progressive, neuro-degenerative disorder for over 30years, I can
tell you that this is a long, hard way to go. You don’t know what sensations you’re losing until you have
lost them completely.

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John Mooney

John Mooney

1 year ago

My father had Parkinson's Disease which he blamed on his war service (WW2) with the RAAF when he
saw active service in the Pacific theatre. His role as an aircraft technician included spraying the field
camps with DDT on a regular basis to suppress mosquito and other insect diseases such as malaria, and
other strong herbicides to destroy vegetation around the airfields and camps, which were "carved" out
of the jungle. He claimed that they were never given any protective clothing or respiratory mask to
wear. In the work sheds they were always using Toluene to make glues, paint thinners and clean engine
and electrical parts on the planes. My earliest memory of my dad were the hand tremors (1954), with
the symptoms becoming increasing worse forcing early retirement in 1968, when he used to
occasionally freeze when walking until his death in 1988, when he was finally bedbound and unable to
stand, walk or even use his hands and arms. In spite of all this he remained lucid and could still
understand, even though he could not talk as the Parkinson's Disease had affected his speech to this
point. Sadly missed.

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RCG Media Vision

RCG Media Vision

1 year ago

You guys always have the best documentaries!!

The further we move away from living as natural as possible the more we complicate life.

This is why when the pandemic hit last year in March 2020 I decide to leave Canada and return to my
little island of Grenada and do my own organic farming.