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Originally Posted by Muireann
You mean these diseases weren't part of surveillance before now? I've read the bill but it's not clear to me what the situation was like prior to its proposal. Can anyone clarify please?
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When I was diagnosed three years ago, I was appalled to learn that the CDC has not collected demographic or environmental information or anything really related to PD and many other neurological disorders. All these years, data could have been collected, analyzed, cross referenced and we'd be that much closer to possibly identifying an environmental culprit or culprits. Kinda makes you wonder why this has been ignored for so long? They might actually pinpoint an environmental trigger or two and there would be some unhappy corporations.
All I can say is it is loooong overdue.
Laura