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Default Toronto, Canada...SuperWalk Funds Cutting Edge Research / Links toxins and PD
SuperWalk Funds Cutting Edge Research... Links Between Environmental Toxins and Parkinson's Disease

Last update: 11:36 a.m. EDT July 21, 2008
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TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jul 21, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- As SuperWalk 2008 quickly approaches, walkers are working hard to raise $2.5 million! Parkinson Society Canada's (PSC) largest annual fundraiser takes place this September in 80 cities across Canada. With SuperWalk, PSC hopes to increase its support for research into areas such as the role of environmental toxins in Parkinson's.The goal is to eradicate Parkinson's altogether and over 100,000 Canadians with Parkinson's are counting on SuperWalk to get one step closer to a cure.

With monies raised through SuperWalk, PSC funds researchers like Dr. Shawn Hayley at Carleton University in Ottawa. Dr. Hayley is investigating the role of inflammation in the brain in Parkinson's disease and possible links to commonly used pesticides like Paraquat.

"In the future, this kind of research can lead to the identification of biomarkers which may lead to blood tests that can tell who might be susceptible to Parkinson's disease," says Dr. Hayley.

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