Is Parkinson's Preventable? - Environmental Risks For Parkinson's

Join us for a conversation about the environmental actors that have been linked to developing PD.
Dr. Ray Dorsey is the David M. Levy Professor of Neurology at the University of Rochester. Ray is working to identify and eliminate the root causes of Parkinson’s disease.
His research on brain diseases and digital health has been published in leading academic journals and featured in multiple news outlets. In 2020, Ray and his colleagues wrote Ending Parkinson’s Disease, a book that provides a prescription for ending the world’s fastest growing brain disease.
Ray previously directed the movement disorders division and neurology telemedicine at Johns Hopkins and worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company.
In 2015, the White House recognized him as a “Champion for Change” for Parkinson’s disease.
A Parkinson's Community Los Angeles (PCLA) "Let's Talk Parkinson's" online live program from March 21, 2024. www.pcla.org.
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Timestamps:
00:05 Intro
01:13 Speaker Intro
03:13 Outline
03:43 “Silent Spring” book
05:28 The heritability of Parkinson’s is low
06:37 Three environmental toxicants linked to PD
10:12 Paraquat & Parkinson’s
14:17 Agnotology: intentional production of ignorance
16:08 Trichloroethylene may be another cause of Parkinson’s
18:25 TCE causes cancer
20:00 TCE at Camp Lejuene
21:30 TCE exposure can occur through air, water & vapor intrusion
26:09 Parkinson’s is rising
26:42 Parkinson’s affects many Californians
27:15 Parkinson’s is preventable
28:57 Benefits from actions of previous generations
35:08 Q&A
47:10 Outro & action
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