Table of Contents
Note to Readers ix
Glossary xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
Part 1 A Formidable Disease
1 Six Men in London
The Discovery of a New Disease and Its Causes 11
2 A Man-Made Pandemic
How Chemicals Have Fueled the Onslaught 31
3 Vanquishing Indifference
Lessons from the Fights Against Polio, HIV/AIDS, and Breast Cancer 45
Part 2 The Pact-Preventing, Advocating, Caring, and Treating
4 Before It Starts
The Urgency of Banning Specific Pesticides to Lower Our Risk 65
5 Cleaning Up
How Solvents and Contaminated Groundwater Spread the Disease 83
6 Protecting Ourselves
The Role of Head Trauma, Exercise, and Diet 97
7 Taking Care
Helping Those Who Bear the Parkinson's Burden 109
8 Hope on the Horizon
The Promise of New Treatments 131
9 Taking Charge
The Policies and Research Funding We Need 147
Part 3 A Prescription for Action
10 Within Our Reach
How We Can End Parkinson's 169
Postscript 191
A Prescription for Action 196
Resources 208
Disclosures 215
Acknowledgments 219
Notes 225
Index 311