Individuals living within 1 mi of golf course have 126% higher Parkinsons risk

randycupertino 11 points 5 comments May 27, 2026
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randycupertino

Herbicides might be the reason: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/paraquat-parkinsons-l...

legitster

I know they probably controlled for age. But I think the correlation of age/retirement, Parkinsons, and living next to a golf course are so closely linked together that even small changes differences in cohorts are going to have extremely different outcomes.

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If you live next to a golf course you are probably living in a suburban house in the middle of nowhere and not going anywhere through the day. Your mental stimulation once you age and aren’t able to drive much is probably at a bare minimum. There may be similar correlations between the kind of lives people living near a golf course may have led.

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