KINGSTON, N.J., July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Tuchman Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce through its affiliate, The Parkinson Alliance and the Parkinson’s Unity Walk, its funding involving pesticides linked to Parkinson’s disease. This new UCLA study sheds light on the toxicity of compounds found in common pesticides that have been associated with increased risk of Parkinson’s disease.
Martin Tuchman stated: “as a result of our funding, combined with grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Veterans Administration Healthcare System and The Levine Foundation, we were able to conduct this exciting new study. We’ve worked with Dr. Jeff Bronstein in the past and we are very proud of his work in this area. We look forward to funding his future projects.”
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/uoc--usd061416.php
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