Pesticides, Other Toxins Again Linked to Increased ALS

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Pesticides, Other Toxins Again Linked to Increased ALS


Researchers have provided more evidence that exposure to toxic environmental pollutants raises the risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Unlike previous research, the new study used both surveys and measurement of toxic chemicals in blood.
“This is not going to alter treatment at this point, but it really helps us think about the types of things we can do to prevent ongoing leakage of chemicals, and limit the pollution that we put into the environment, because it does have an impact, we believe, on disease,” study author Stephen A. Goutman, MD, assistant professor and director, ALS Clinic, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, told Medscape Medical News.
Dr Stephen A. Goutman
The study was published online May 6 in JAMA Neurology.

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