This video explores a highly compelling cause of ALS, how it may have given Lou Gehrig himself ALS, and how the ALS Association is ignoring it all.

Sources:
Guam ALS Data, BMAA Brain Tissue Number, etc.:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19929726

BMAA in Flying Foxes Study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12913204

BMAA & cyanobacteria:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153186/pdf/toxins-02-02837.pdf

Animal Feeding Studies of BMAA:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18191417

BMAA Kills Motor Neurons:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16764863

BMAA Leads to MIsfolding of Proteins:
http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0075376&representation=PDF

More BMAA in Hair of ALS Patients:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/17482960903285951?journalCode=iafd19

BMAA in Canadian ALS Brains, not Huntingtons:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01150.x/abstract;jsessionid=04D1F42F155AA5A5C2CEFCB0AB4EE672.f02t01

Florida Seafood BMAA Study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2968748/pdf/nihms-213945.pdf

Lou Gehrig’s PIckled Eels News Clip:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ykAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P0oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4046%2C3777721

ALS Clusters:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922844/pdf/1476-072X-13-1.pdf

ALS Cluster in Maryland and Crabs:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23660330

Wisconsin ALS Cluster and Lake Michigan Fish:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2294892

Oceania Report on Mislabeled Fish:
http://oceana.org/sites/default/files/National_Seafood_Fraud_Testing_Results_Highlights_FINAL.pdf

Cornell – over half of grain in US fed to livestock:
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/1997/08/us-could-feed-800-million-people-grain-livestock-eat

BMAA in Shark Fins and “…it may be prudent to limit exposure of BMAA in the human diet.”:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3297012/

95% of Persistent Organic Pollutants are from animal fat:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1262363613001791