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During his five years as a backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, Bob Waters, now 48, suffered more than his share of bruises and broken bones. Thus when he began to experience some shakiness in his right arm more than four years ago, he simply chalked it up to an old playing injury that had been repaired with a metal plate. "My doctors and I decided that, well, maybe it has something to do with the metal," says Waters, who coaches at Western Carolina University. But gradually, as the muscle spasms spread and both arms weakened, Waters became alarmed...
While Spencer's discovery cannot directly explain the cases of the San Francisco 49ers or the Ohio schoolteachers, it does lend credence to the notion that something toxic in diet or environment can later trigger ALS. Indeed, over the years, a befuddling array of culprits has been suggested. They include infection with poliovirus, exposure to heavy metals, employment in the plastics industry and a history of traumatic injuries...
...case of the 49ers, a new suspect has emerged: a fertilizer used on the team's practice field. Pasco Balzarini, a retired maintenance worker, remembers using a product called Milorganite on the field from 1947 until the mid-'50s (though he does not believe he used it in Waters' era, and neither the 49ers nor the local parks department can confirm it was ever used). Milorganite, made by the Milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district, is a heat- dried residue of sewage sludge and is used on lawns nationwide. Prior to 1978, it had a high content of cadmium, a heavy metal...
...York Giants moved within a game of their first Super Bowl appearance ever by demolishing the San Francisco 49ers, 49-3, yesterday as Phil Simms passed for four touchdowns, Joe Morris ran for 159 yards and linebacker Carl Banks led a defense that shut down one of the NFL's top offenses...
Morris, held to just 14 yards on 13 carries when the Giants beat the 49ers 21-17 in San Francisco last month, carried 24 times for his 159 yards, including a 45-yd. TD scamper midway through the second period and a 2-yd. TD run in the third...