Michael J. Fox’s Parkinson’s Disease Began Long Before the Tremor — and Now Science Can Detect It Earlier, Part 2
Fox spent many years trying to understand why he became ill at such a young age. He recalled head injuries, alcohol use, working and living in different places, and possible contact with chemicals. He said that he caught and ate fish from a river near pulp and paper plants, spent time on farms and may have come into contact with agricultural chemicals.