1/2 Important new study from California links exposure to #pesticides (that were previously already associated with an increased risk of developing #Parkinson disease) to a more rapid disease progression once people already have developed Parkinson's.

The fruit of decades of work - brought together by Kim

Great session on #exposome and #neuroscience #ALS #Parkinsons #Alzheimers #NINDS #NIEHS Beate Ritz, MD,PhD Eva Feldman, MD, PhD Innovative Exposomics at ColumbiaPublicHealth #2023SOT

NEW FOCUS: Breaking New Ground: Space Agencies and Epidemiologists Partner Up on Particulates ➡️ ow.ly/TFks50NrosR NASA Earth Rebecca Garland University of Pretoria Emory Public Health Beate Ritz, MD,PhD UC Berkeley

Thank you for covering and explaining our new study JAMA Pediatrics that links lithium in drinking water and ASD risk! Beate Ritz, MD,PhD Jörg Schullehner Yale School of Public Health UCLA Fielding School of Public Health @HealthAarhusUni paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37010840/

#ICYMI... NEW FOCUS: Breaking New Ground: Space Agencies and Epidemiologists Partner Up on Particulates ➡️ ow.ly/Zc1Z50NCr2Q NASA Earth Rebecca Garland University of Pretoria Emory Public Health Beate Ritz, MD,PhD UC Berkeley

Calling on graduate students and early careers. Share your perspectives on ethics of climate change and sustainability or environmental justice and win a prize. Scan the QR code in the flyer for more information. ⁦ISEE Env Epi⁩ ⁦ISEE Africa chapter⁩ ⁦SNRN ISEE⁩

#Retinoblastoma is a cancerous disease that affects the tissues of the retina. Drs. Kimberly Paul (Kimberly Paul) and Beate Ritz (Beate Ritz, MD,PhD) dive into how certain substances can induce neurotoxicity and increase retinoblastoma risk in children. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37866539/

Bravo Qi Meng - such an accomplishment to publish as first author in EHP

#ICYMI...NEW RESEARCH: Fine Particulate Matter Metal Composition, Oxidative Potential and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Los Angeles ➡️ ow.ly/2bxL50Q5voU UCLA Fielding School of Public Health UCI Chemistry UC Berkeley Environmental Health Sciences McGill EBOH Beate Ritz, MD,PhD

The PRP Presents the Fiscal Year 2022 Synergistic Idea Award Recipients Environmental & Gut-Brain Axis Determinants of Cognitive Outcomes in PD, Dr. Vikram Khurana, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital Dr. Beate Ritz, M.D., Ph.D., Angeles UCLA Dr. Laura Cox, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital

'Untargeted serum #metabolomics reveals novel metabolite associations and disruptions in amino acid and lipid metabolism in #Parkinsons disease' Kimberly Paul Keren Zhang, Douglas I. Walker...Beate Ritz, MD,PhD David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA bit.ly/3RQGDuq

Agricultural paraquat dichloride use and Parkinson’s disease in California’s Central Valley academic.oup.com/ije/article/53…

Finally got this published Agricultural paraquat dichloride use and Parkinson’s disease in California’s Central Valley academic.oup.com/ije/article/53…

This work - please check out the work that Robbie M. Parks @annie_nigra and team are doing to protect the most vulnerable people in our society. Thank you.

#ParkinsonsDisease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that can cause unintended or uncontrollable movements. Dr. Beate Ritz (Beate Ritz, MD,PhD) discusses how a common paraquat pesticide can strongly increase PD risk. To learn more, read here: uclahealth.org/news/paraquat-…

New paper from Dayoon Kwon Beate Ritz, MD,PhD & colleagues examines associations between diet & gut microbiome composition in #Parkinsons; N=85 PD cases; Healthy diet associated with anti-inflammatory;⬆️added sugar intake associated with⬆️in pro-inflam. bacteria nature.com/articles/s4153…