A new scientific study did not find peer review any evidence of the presence of a mysterious brain disease in Canadian New Brunswick Province, which instead indicates an anxious mixture of “wrong diagnosis and wrong information”.
The search comes at a time when the marine boycott is its own evaluation of more than 220 suspects in the hope of giving families some answers to Medical puzzle that attracts the area for years.
The report, which was published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, known as Jama, is an independent reassessment of 25 cases diagnosed by a neurologist at Monctone Aller Mariro from within the wider sample of 222 patients.
The authors, affiliated with the University of Toronto, the New Brunswick Health Network, and other Canadian institutions, found that those inside the regiment were incorrectly diagnosed and had common neurological degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Stock Exchange, functional nervous disorder, trauma infection and metastatic cancer.
However, the results are unlikely to reduce speculation from families that the report again ignores their doubts about environmental pollution in the region.
New Bronzwek health officials warned for the first time in 2021 that more than 40 populations suffer from unknown neurological syndrome, with symptoms similar to symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob.
These cases were referred to Marrero after the initial doctors initially stumbled due to the symptoms showed by their parents. A year later, however, an independent supervision committee established by the province He decided that the patient group is more likely to have been diagnosed incorrectly They were suffering from known diseases such as cancer and dementia.
A final report from the committee, which concluded that there is no “group” of people with unknown brain syndrome, indicated the end of the boycott.
But earlier that year, the Guardian newspaper reported that a better federal scientist anxiety There was a “real thing happening” in New Bronzwick. last The investigation said “It was closed” and that the cases were officially higher than recognition. The scientist wrote: “I do not think it is useful to suggest or refer to who or why – it is sufficient to say that we are ready to mobilize the financial and human scientific resources alike to address the mystery, but it has been rejected.”
According to the February 2025 letter written by Marrero to federal officials and provinces, which the Guardian watched, the number of patients with neurological symptoms that are not interpreted to 507 jumped via New Bronzweek, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta. Many of the ages of 45 years.
The new study found that “known cases in all 25 cases, including common neurological degenerative diseases, functional neurological disorder, painful brain infection and metric cancer,” adding that a study included 11 dissection cases that led to the conclusion that “a new disease was very unlikely, with less than .001.”
Instead, calling groups invited patients rejected the idea of ”mystery”, instead, arguing that cases are related to environmental pollutants. But researchers say they do not believe that patients have been exposed to something in the environment, such as herbal pesticides or heavy metals such as mercury.
They decided that “the wrong diagnosis and misconceptions become incomparable and exaggerating the harm in a great way,” noting that more than half of the people eligible to study refused to participate.
They also blamed “inaccurate clinical assessments and excessive relying on auxiliary tests” to perpetuate the idea of ”mystery” and said that they found “useful differences” in the history of cases.
“In a deep disagreement with the conclusions of the study” and has “many questions related to methods and content,” Mariro said in a statement, adding that he is “horrific” from an investigation with a “small number” of patients without his knowledge.
Suzan Holt, President of the Province, He pledged to conduct a new and “comprehensive” investigation After taking office last year.
She said at that time: “I think we need to do everything we can to shed some light on this and find a way to stop what makes people sick,” she said at that time.
In a statement, Dr. Eve Le Leiger, chief medical official in New Bronzweek, said that the JAMA study does not change his office’s intention to complete its investigation into 222 cases, which Mariro officially indicated to the boycott.
The updates will be published in the province New siteAnd a general report is expected with recommendations in the coming months.
