Brockovich to cure mystery illness

At a small-town high school in western New York, there is a baffling outbreak of symptoms among girls. More than a dozen girls at the Le Roy High School have developed strong physical twitches as well as verbal outburst (not unlike touerret’s) since last fall.

Officials have ruled out environmental factors after some testing. The two neurologists who are treating ten of the girls affected have concluded that the cause is conversion disorder, a condition which has real symptoms but no physical cause. Which I suppose has a meaning other than “we have no clue what’s causing the symptoms”.

The Sierra Club and other national environmental groups run by Erin Brockovich and Lois Gibbs have been busy investigating environmental causes and infectious illnesses.

Thankfully, now that Erin is on top of things, these teenage girls will be cured and back to their normal productive selves in no time. More importantly, Julia Roberts may have a new movie role.