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arikara

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4. My dad and grandfather used to spray barns with it

Reply to Sunlei (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 02:20 PM

Jan 2014

Grampa lingered with dementia for years and years before he died, and Dad has been in care for 10 years now too... he's only 77. The effects are devastating.

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DDT: Pesticide linked to Alzheimer's [View all] Sunlei Jan 2014 OP

DDT we used to love you! Sunlei Jan 2014 #1

I remember the DDT fog trucks Mz Pip Jan 2014 #2

Yeah, good times... progressoid Jan 2014 #3

My dad and grandfather used to spray barns with it arikara Jan 2014 #4

and there is anothe pesticide linked to Parkinson's. mom had AD, Dad parkinson's and I garden. SHIT. bettyellen Jan 2014 #5