Make your voice part of the PD Avengers Community Pulse.
Our ongoing surveys give people across the Parkinson’s community a way to share their experiences, priorities, and concerns. Start with our five-minute onboarding survey, receive your six-digit Community Pulse code, and help us turn community insight into action.
October 2026 - English version is available now, translations to Spanish, French, German and Italian are forth coming.
Tampa Parkinson’s Symposium 2027:
Living Well Today, Advancing Hope for Tomorrow
Urgent action needed to improve access to Parkinson's treatments and the clinical support required to deliver them
None of Us Is as Smart as All of Us: Rallying to the Challenge 2026
Parkinson’s is in Our Air
Growing evidence suggests that exposure to pesticides, industrial chemicals, air pollution, and other environmental toxins may increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease. Understanding these risks can help drive prevention, research, and policies that protect future generations.
Parkinson’s is in Our Water
Growing evidence suggests that exposure to certain industrial chemicals, pesticides, solvents, and other contaminants in drinking water may increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Chemicals such as trichloroethylene (TCE), a widely used industrial solvent, have been detected in groundwater supplies around the world and have been linked to a higher risk of Parkinson’s.
Parkinson’s is in Our Food
Researchers have found links between exposure to certain pesticides, herbicides, and other agricultural chemicals and an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Traces of these substances can be found on some fruits, vegetables, grains, and other foods, while contaminated soil and water can affect the broader food chain.
READ: Decades of Concealment, Thousands of Lawsuits and Parkinson’s Victims Still Waiting for Answers
READ: Health Canada declares glyphosate —- the main ingredient in Round Up — safe
READ: The Global Paraquat Trail
READ: Australian Regulator grilled over 30-year delay on product banned in 70 countries
READ: The Paraquat Problem
READ: Australia - Push to hold hearings as part of Paraquat inquiry fails
READ: PD Avengers response to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
READ: Oh, Canada, New Law Allowing Use of Banned Pesticides
READ: PD Avengers letter to Pennsylvania House Consumer Protection Committee
READ: Banning paraquat could be our Erin Brockovich moment for Parkinson’s
READ: Vermont becomes first US state to ban paraquat herbicide over Parkinson’s fears
WATCH: Parkinson’s and pesticides: Inside the fight over paraquat
Spark the Night 2026
Spark the Night
This annual global awareness campaign led by PD Avengers in recognition of World Parkinson’s Day.
Each year, landmarks, buildings, bridges, businesses, and homes around the world shine blue
to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease and show solidarity with the millions of people affected by it.
In 2026, more than 700 landmarks and locations across 27 countries participated, creating a
worldwide wave of blue and sparking conversations about Parkinson’s, prevention, research, care,
and the need for a cure.
Together, we are making Parkinson’s impossible to ignore.
Think Global. Act Local. Spark the Night.
PD AVENGERS CALENDAR
Here’s a monthly preview of all of our PD Partner Meetings, Member meetings and other workshops/webinars happening within the PD Avengers Community.
“Progress is often quiet — until one day it isn’t.”
- Larry Gifford, President PD Avengers
