Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chemical may be to blame

Re:Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chem... by ed25519FUUU on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:12PM (#26741303)

I sometimes think back about our attitudes towards lead, mercury, and even radium[1], and I truly wonder how we survived as a specifies!

I am grateful that collectively things seem to be improving. We're learning more about diseases, their causes, and their treatments.

1. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/24/an-energy-drink-th...

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Re:Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chem... by outworlder on Thursday April 08, 2021 @02:34PM (#26742155)

Frankly, this could be the Great Filter.

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Re:Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chem... by jschwartzi on Thursday April 08, 2021 @04:40PM (#26743492)

This kind of thing is what eventually kills off Brewer's Yeast. The individual yeast cells keep making sugar into alcohol until the alcohol concentration is so great that they kill each other off.

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Re:Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chem... by jwdunne on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:20AM (#26747264)

You know what, that is a fascinating analogy and microcosmic explanation of the Great Filter. I’ve never thought of that before.

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Re:Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chem... by mycall on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:43PM (#26745888)

No, that is Facebook right now :)

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