* born on a farm in Iowa (midwest U.S. 1950-55) -- drank well water my first 5 years.
* did a lot of craft work in the mid 70's -- spray painting in a basement -- had windows open but never wore a mask
* in the 1980s lived in military housing that backed up to wetlands -- which were sprayed with bug spray regularly in summer

** genetics: my great-grandfather had Parkinson's; my 2nd cousin recently passed away from Parkinson's; and my 1st cousin has MS (they haven't identified our genetic marker, but I am sure it is there)

Jean