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In reply to the discussion: People are developing dementia earlier and dying of it more, a study shows (Much more so in USA) [View all]womanofthehills
(10,847 posts)And unfortunately, it came through my screen door while I slept. It contaminated my house and yard and sensitized me big time. I had to move out of my house and get my house decontaminated. Ignorant people were running the pesticide program and they sprayed my neighborhood 4 times in one week with Malathion. I filed a toxic tort lawsuit and they stopped spraying Malathion in my neighborhood but continued spraying it on the people at the pueblo of Isleta.
My whole neighborhood became ill - all the little kids got asthma (including my grand daughter) and I got environmental illness big time. I could not stop salivating and got extreme reactive airway disease. If I am around chemicals now, I will start salivating big time.
Besides pesticides, I think prescription drugs are a big contribution to dementia. I could see it with my mother - if they upped her blood pressure meds, her mind would get worse. Painkillers would make her psychotic. No drugs and she was normal. People over 65 have a slower detoxification rate and should be taking less drugs and this is usually when they are given the most drugs.
I can tell you who in my book club is on cholesterol lowering drugs by how bad their memories are. The brain needs cholesterol to function.