I want it too - gotta send it to some people

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Anonymous #2 8w

so here’s one about Parkinson’s Disease which typically reduces life expectancy ~7 years at age 65 (Dommershuijsen et al. 2020) B. Krzyzanowski et al. “Proximity to Golf Courses and Risk of Parkinson Disease” JAMA Netw Open. 2025. there’s also another one of the health effects of golf courses Kim, G. “Analysis of Enviro and Health Effects of Pesticides on Golf Courses” IJASIS. 2026.

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Life expectancy is overall age, not remaining years

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Anonymous OP 8w

i found this one while collecting the articles that i’ve chatted with coworkers about… and it’s 30 years old which is usually not reliable but in this case kinda spooky as fuck. granted, this is for people who work on property but… still yikes. Kris’s, B.C. “Proportionate mortality study of golf course superintendents” AJIM, 1996.

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Anonymous OP 8w

fuckin autocorrect. the author’s last name is KROSS

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well the ellipses indicates the word “approximate” but i’ll admit that was a high-end approximation so thankfully i’m not submitting for a research paper here. either way… if Parkinson’s disease is being linked to proximity to golf courses’ use of pesticides (Krzyzanowski et al. 2025) plus proximity to industrial areas’ heavy metals (Rybicki et al. 1993), then I subsequently link how PD impacts their life expectancy, I’d say that’s a pretty academic association tbh. Let me know though!

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Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 8w

i might regret asking but what’s the horse statistic

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Anonymous OP 8w

It’s not that bad. It’s an example of correlation ≠ causation. The idea is that people with horses experience less long term health problems. Causation would tell you that horses improve mental health. In actuality, it’s more likely that people with horses can afford therapy.

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Anonymous ireallylikepancakes 8w

Also horses require physical labor to maintain, thus creating a healthier body.

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