Let say for one minute everything I said is true (which it is), then that would mean there is a an absolute cause of ALS, pesticides! If this is correct then we have an absolute cause for people that at sometime in their life they where exposes to pesticides. Now maybe a detox treatment could be worked on, pesticides would have stricter requirements for application and or alternative pesticides that are environmentally friendly and safe for human would be used. Now I'm going to ask all who have read this post that don't like it reads not to read it so you don't get any angrier with it. What I would like to know now is how many people on here feel that a possible exposure to pesticides, or any other thing that may have contributed to there neurological symptoms. We have a group of people here who could be very valueable to find a cause even if it was not pesticide related. Please post what you feel may have contributed to the symptoms or diagnosed. I appoligize if I may have offended anyone but without peoples stories of what they thought may have caused their illness, we may never find all the causes, and if you don't know the cause you will not know the cure, or even be able to have a real treatment plan to at least halt the process of the diesease.