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Journal of Parkinson S Disease · August 13, 2026
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This is a narrative review framing Parkinson's disease risk through integration of environmental toxicology, epidemiology, and climate science, arguing that environmental and occupational exposures are potentially modifiable contributors to PD pathogenesis. The authors propose incorporation of structured exposure assessment into clinical risk evaluation and suggest prevention-oriented strategies including exposure reduction, workplace protection, and regulatory policy, but do not present quantitative primary evidence or comparative effectiveness data.
Narrative review. Parkinson's disease populations, with emphasis on vulnerable subgroups: agricultural workers, older adults, socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, individuals in rapidly industrializing or climate-sensitive regions..
Pesticides, industrial solvents, heavy metals, and air pollutants are implicated as potentially modifiable PD risk factors Climate change amplifies these hazards through rising temperatures, worsening air quality, increased pesticide demand, extreme weather, and wildfire-related particulate matter Convergent mechanisms linking environmental hazards to PD include oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, impaired proteostasis, neuroinflammation, blood–brain barrier disruption, and α-synuclein aggregation
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Clinicians should incorporate structured environmental and occupational exposure assessment into PD risk evaluation, early recognition, and preventive counseling. This review emphasizes the potential value of detailed exposure history-taking and suggests that exposure reduction and workplace protection strategies may help reduce PD burden, particularly in high-risk populations.
A narrative review synthesizing evidence on environmental and climate factors in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis, proposing clinical and public health frameworks for risk assessment and prevention rather than reporting primary research findings.
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Clinicians should incorporate structured environmental and occupational exposure assessment into PD risk evaluation, early recognition, and preventive counseling. This review emphasizes the potential value of detailed exposure history-taking and suggests that exposure reduction and workplace protection strategies may help reduce PD burden, particularly in high-risk populations.
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder shaped by interactions between genetic susceptibility, environmental exposures, and broader ecological change. Although pesticides, industrial solvents, heavy metals, and air pollutants have long been implicated as potentially modifiable PD risk factors, climate change is now reshaping and amplifying these hazards through rising temperatures, worsening air quality, increased pesticide demand, extreme weather events, and wildfire-related particulate matter. This narrative review moves beyond a conventional exposure-based summary by integrating environmental toxicology, climate science, epidemiology, and mechanistic neuroscience to reframe PD risk within the context of planetary health. We summarize evidence linking major environmental hazards to PD pathogenesis, emphasizing convergent mechanisms such as oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, impaired proteostasis, neuroinflammation, blood–brain barrier disruption, and α-synuclein aggregation. We further discuss how climate-related changes may intensify these pathways and disproportionately affect vulnerable populations, including agricultural workers, older adults, socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, and individuals living in rapidly industrializing or climate-sensitive regions. Importantly, we highlight clinical and public health implications by proposing that structured environmental and occupational exposure assessment should be incorporated into PD risk evaluation, early recognition, preventive counseling, and research design. We also discuss exposure reduction, workplace protection, environmental monitoring, and regulatory policy as prevention-oriented strategies. By positioning environmental hazards and climate change as interconnected, underrecognized, and potentially modifiable contributors to PD, this review provides a framework for clinicians, researchers, and policymakers seeking to reduce the future global burden of neurodegenerative disease.
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