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The US organisation has prohibited the use of chlorpyrifos
READ MOREA weekly roundup of our favourite Parkinson’s quotes, as selected by the Parkinson’s Life editorial team
– What a doctor told then-NASA astronaut, Rich Clifford, after his second flight into space, condemning him to early retirement – or so he thought
– Professor Roger Barker, who is leading attempts to ‘revive’ foetal implants – a treatment pioneered almost 30 years ago – as a potential ‘cure’ for Parkinson’s disease
– Susan Harbot, a mother-of-four with Parkinson’s, interviewed on local radio in Bolton, England, expresses frustration at the public’s lack of understanding about the disease
– Peter Nordström, PhD, at Umeå University in Umeå, Sweden, author of a new study showing that people with depression may be more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease
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