[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, VETERANS: "Camp Lejeune [NC] referenced in neurologists' book on Parkinson's disease"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Camp Lejeune referenced in neurologists' book on Parkinson's disease

By Calvin Shomaker
Jacksonville Daily News (NC)
June 11, 2021

A neurologist visited Onslow County this week to shed light on how trichloroethylene (TCE) and other chemicals are contributing to a rise in cases of Parkinson’s disease (PD). 

Dr. Ray Dorsey, professor of neurology at the University of Rochester, says he made the trip because PD is the world’s fastest growing brain disease, America’s 14th leading cause of death and preventable.  

“We wrote a book in which we argue that many environmental factors are fueling the rise in Parkinson's disease, [and] Camp Lejeune was one of the most contaminated sites for TCE, [which] is widely resulting in individuals having Parkinson’s,” Dorsey said, who recently co-authored Ending Parkinson’s Disease: A Prescription for Action.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.jdnews.com/story/news/2021/06/11/neurologists-highlight-connection-between-camp-lejeunes-toxic-past-and-parkinsons-disease/7605564002/

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Lenny Siegel
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