Parkinson's: A ManMade Disease Interview with Dr. Ray Dorsey
Powerful People Series

Join PFP Executive Director Dr. Nina Mosier as she sits down with Ray Dorsey, MD, MBA, to discuss factors in our environment that can lead to Parkinson's as part of our Powerful People series. Ray Dorsey is a professor of neurology and director of the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He is working to identify and eliminate the root causes of Parkinson's disease. He is coauthor of the book, "Ending Parkinson's Disease," in which he and three other leading doctors lay out a plan to help prevent Parkinson's and improve care and treatment. The number of people diagnosed with PD has doubled to more than six million over the last twentyfive years and is projected to double again by 2040. Meanwhile, harmful pesticides that increase the risk of Parkinson’s continue to proliferate.

0:00 Welcome Dr. Ray Dorsey
1:29 Is Parkinson's a preventable disease?
10:37 Paraquat & herbicides & Parkinson's
13:30 Rising paraquat use in the United States
15:37 What can we do to make changes?


LINKS:
A Prescription for Action: Ending Parkinson's Disease website: https://endingpd.org/
Carrie Gillam's investigation of paraquat use in the United States: https://www.theguardian.com/usnews/2...
Learn about PD Avengers: https://www.pdavengers.com


"The Long Road to Hope" film:    • The Long Road to Hope: Ending Parkins...   @EndingParkinsonsDisease

PDAvengers: organization to advocate for change https://www.pdavengers.com/




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