Your drinking water could affect your Parkinson's risk
New York Post • • health
Key Points:
- A new study indicates that drinking water sourced from certain aquifers, particularly carbonate aquifers, may increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, a progressive movement disorder with no cure.
- Researchers analyzed data from over 12,000 Parkinson’s patients and 1.2 million controls living near 1,279 groundwater sampling sites across 21 major US aquifers, finding a 24% higher Parkinson’s risk for those consuming water from carbonate aquifers compared to other types.
- Carbonate aquifers, common in the Midwest, South, and Florida, are more vulnerable to surface contamination, especially with newer groundwater (less than 75 years old), which was linked to an 11% higher risk of Parkinson’s compared to older groundwater
