Farmers' Association doubts pesticides as a cause of Parkinson's

The Farmers' Association has spoken out against payments from the statutory accident insurance for farmers who attribute their Parkinson's disease to pesticides. "Doubts about causality and dose levels need to be eliminated," said a spokesman of the Farmers' Association of the "Wochentaz" (Saturday). He called primarily on the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment. This authority regularly checks whether pesticides are harmful to health before t…