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An alarming study claims living near a golf course, often considered prime real estate, can significantly increase one’s risk of developing Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the gradual loss of motor control.
Patients who lived within one to three miles of a course were most affected, according to the study.
The study, published in JAMA, compared data from 419 people with Parkinson’s from southern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin to a control group between 1991 to 2015.
The data led researchers from the Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona and the Mayo Clinic to suspect pesticides sprayed throughout the expansive courses, which may seep into groundwater, could be to blame.
“After adjusting for patient demographics and neighborhood characteristics, living within 1 mile of a golf course was associated with 126% increased odds of developing PD [Parkinson’s Disease] compared with individuals living more than 6 miles away from a golf course,” the study states.
“Additionally, individuals living in water service areas with a golf course in vulnerable groundwater regions had 82% greater odds of developing PD compared with those in nonvulnerable groundwater regions,” the study states.
Furthermore, researchers theorize “Airborne exposure to pesticides may also drive the relationship between PD risk and proximity to golf courses,” with higher incidence rates found in densely populated urban areas.
“Taken together, our study complements, and expands on, the limited research on golf courses as a risk factor for PD and further suggests that both vulnerable drinking water and airborne pollutant exposure may contribute to risk for developing PD near golf courses.”
Researchers note, “Pesticides such as paraquat and rotenone have been shown to induce Parkinson-like neurodegeneration,” and cited another study that “found that the groundwater under 4 different golf courses in Cape Cod was contaminated with 7 different pesticides.”
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