[deedubaya]

My father (farmer) has been diagnosed with AD. In the 90’s he had direct accidental exposure to herbicide drift from a crop duster in a windy day. He suffered from a short term illness immediately after and peripheral neuropathy since; I wonder if his AD diagnosis can be added to the list?

Also: AD fucking sucks.

[dyauspitr]

A one time exposure? People that live on or around farms are constantly exposed to glyphosate. Infact they spray so much glyphosate it ends up killing trees in neighbors yards.

[whythre]

I think a charitable read would be a ‘one time extreme exposure.’ Passive exposure is bad, of course, but getting poison dumped on you by a crop duster has to be terrible.

[deedubaya]

Yes, one time extreme exposure. Enough to make him sick for weeks that I never saw before or after.

No doubt continuous exposure didn’t help at all or might have been the real cause… or all of it combined. Or none of it.