Risk of Parkinson disease among service members at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

JAMA Neurology

2023-05-15

(Press-News.org) About The Study: This study of 340,000 service members found that the risk of Parkinson disease was 70% higher in veterans who were stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during 1975-1985 when the water supply was contaminated with the solvent trichloroethylene and other volatile organic compounds. The findings suggest that exposure to trichloroethylene in water may increase the risk of Parkinson disease; millions worldwide have been and continue to be exposed to this ubiquitous environmental contaminant.

Authors: Samuel M. Goldman, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.1168)

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