@[email protected] to Creepy WikipediaEnglish • 1 year agoLeo and Me - Canadian sitcom aired 1977-1978, starring Michael J. Fox. 4 of 125 people working on it developed Parkinson's disease later. The usual incidence rate of Parkinson's is 1 in 300en.wikipedia.orgmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down14
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkLeo and Me - Canadian sitcom aired 1977-1978, starring Michael J. Fox. 4 of 125 people working on it developed Parkinson's disease later. The usual incidence rate of Parkinson's is 1 in 300en.wikipedia.org@[email protected] to Creepy WikipediaEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoThere is a conspiracy theory, that this case and my previous post, Robert Pickton is related: Both happened around Vancouver. Pickton was working on the pig farm from 1970. He could mix his victims’ bodies with sold pork around 1977. There are some theories that prions can cause Parkinson’s. You can get prions if you consume human brain. The problems with this theory: Pickton’s murders officially started later in the 80s. The connection between prions and Parkinson’s is not fully understood if there is any Officially 4 people is not a Parkinson’s cluster, so it can just happen accidentally without common source. More info in this reddit thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/y0l3rf/til_michael_j_foxs_first_role_was_in_a_canadian/
minus-square@zepherithslinkEnglish3•1 year agoIf I remember correctly though his father may have done that as well
There is a conspiracy theory, that this case and my previous post, Robert Pickton is related:
The problems with this theory:
More info in this reddit thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/y0l3rf/til_michael_j_foxs_first_role_was_in_a_canadian/
If I remember correctly though his father may have done that as well