All his muscles drew right up, like the Incredible Hulk. Walker was in and out of hospitals for 15 months. In August 1995, he was admitted to a nursing home, where he remains in a vegetative state. Walker had used Green Light without incident the year before he got sick. Walker, now 43, is oblivious.
Many people use chlorpyrifos, of course, with no repercussions.
A blood test confirmed that Walker has extremely low levels of paraoxonase, an enzyme that offers protection against chlorpyrifos. Their doctors have looked for every other possible explanation, and there is none. The company is contesting the suit. On the afternoon of August 11, she was admitted to a hospital following a round of intense seizures. Christie sat on her bed a few feet away, gaping at a visitor, drooling, and hooting as she struggled to assemble a simple puzzle.