Re: chemicals....

[David Moreland <davelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had significant exposure to both Chloridane and DDT when i was young. I
remember   one time when I was about 12 when I painted the inside of my
grandfather's spray-rig with red lead primer.  Probably I injested enough
DDT on that occasion to set off all kinds of  negative health effects.
David L. Moreland
davelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx

>I've been racking my brain trying to think of chemicals we might have been
>exposed to during the last few years.
>
>Has anyone had exposure to cloridane?  The house we moved into 17 years
>ago had been treated for termites with cloridane.  Then, each year we
>would spray cloridane all around the edges of the house and 4 ft. out
>to keep ants, spiders. etc. out.  Then they banned Chloridane...I'm
>not sure of the way it was spelled....Still we had a good supply on hand
>and continued to spray for probably another two years.  Lived in the
>house a total of 17 years.  I have always wondered if exposure to the
>chemical set my Lupus off?  Now I wonder if it has any bearing on my
>husbands PD?  Makes one wonder.....  Anyone else had Chloridane in their
>lives?
>
>What do you do to help PD sleep at night?  My husband says he's awake
>6 or more times a night.  What causes him to not to be able to sleep?
>Hints, thoughts etc. welcome.
>
>thanks,
>nancy
>perry@xxxxxxxxxxx
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