https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40338549/
Results: A total of 419 incident PD cases were identified (median [IQR] age, 73 [65-80] years; 257 male [61.3%]) with 5113 matched controls (median [IQR] age, 72 [65-79] years; 3043 male [59.5%]; 4504 White [88.1%]). After adjusting for patient demographics and neighborhood characteristics, living within 1 mile of a golf course was associated with 126% increased odds of developing PD compared with individuals living more than 6 miles away from a golf course (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.26; 95% CI, 1.09-4.70). Individuals living within water service areas with a golf course had nearly double the odds of PD compared with individuals in water service areas without golf courses (aOR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.20-3.23) and 49% greater odds compared with individuals with private wells (aOR, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.05-2.13). Additionally, individuals living in water service areas with a golf course in vulnerable groundwater regions had 82% greater odds of developing PD compared with those in nonvulnerable groundwater regions (aOR, 1.82; 95% CI, 1.09-3.03).
Conclusions and relevance: In this population-based case-control study, the greatest risk of PD was found within 1 to 3 miles of a golf course and risk generally decreased with distance. Associations with the largest effect sizes were in water service areas with a golf course and in vulnerable ground water regions.
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QR code to the link would potentially increase odds of people looking it up
That's one of the things I want to include as I tweak the design, along with some really good overview of wildscaping/xeriscaping and polishing up the text. The study itself is short enough that it only serves to lend credibility to the text and they wouldn't get much else from it. If I can find good science journalism based off this study which covers all the ecological impacts of golf courses, that'd be more effective as a link.
I like the idea, but I think you should consider making a black and white one that people can print cheaply so that we can post them in our communities, the more people know the better.
Definitely! It's a great idea
I'll take some wildscaping/xeriscaping linx
I really like this book by a Rocky Mountain regional expert on native plant landscaping: https://www.amazon.com/SUBURBITAT-guide-restoring-nature-where/dp/1737252317 . He runs the High Plains Environmental Centre in Colorado, a really neat xeric botanical garden and nursery. Your local public university probably has an agricultural/horticultural extension office with region-specific principles since we all have different environmental challenges: https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/xeriscaping-creative-landscaping-7-228/