X-Message-Number: 24512 From: "Mark Plus" <> Subject: Guardian: Pollutants cause huge rise in brain diseases Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 08:52:13 -0700 http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,1283588,00.html Pollutants cause huge rise in brain diseases Scientists alarmed as number of cases triples in 20 years Juliette Jowit, environment editor Sunday August 15, 2004 The Observer The numbers of sufferers of brain diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and motor neurone disease, have soared across the West in less than 20 years, scientists have discovered. The alarming rise, which includes figures showing rates of dementia have trebled in men, has been linked to rises in levels of pesticides, industrial effluents, domestic waste, car exhausts and other pollutants, says a report in the journal Public Health. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24512