The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will reassess the safety of herbicide paraquat, its administrator Lee Zeldin said on ...

Paraquat is a highly dangerous product still manufactured and sold in the United States. Manufacturers have for some time known the direct connection between paraquat and Parkinson’s Disease, but ...

Agricultural workers who were exposed to the herbicide paraquat and have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease may have a claim for financial compensation. With lawsuits against paraquat ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reaffirmed its 2021 decision to approve the use of paraquat-based herbicides on American farmlands, despite outcry from public health advocates.

Lawyers and activists who allege that the weed killer glyphosate causes cancer have moved on to a second target: another herbicide called paraquat. Claiming this chemical can cause Parkinson's Disease ...

The long-running dispute over EPA’s approval of paraquat has entered a new phase as the manufacturer of the popular herbicide and several opponents of its use on farm fields filed comments about a ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California’s pesticide regulators released preliminary findings today linking the herbicide paraquat to risks to wildlife and human health harms, including thyroid disease and ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A conservation group in California is pushing for a statewide ban on paraquat after a preliminary report released Monday indicates a potential link to human birth defects.

So long as there are serious health concerns anywhere about paraquat, its use should be banned until and unless it can be ...

Paraquat is the active ingredient in herbicides such as Gramaxone SL 2.0. Paraquat is a widely used broad-spectrum herbicide. It is a quick acting, non-selective compound (Group 22, Photosystem ...

Paraquat, the herbicide that the DEA once used to try to wipe out domestic marijuana production is back in the news because it is a neurotoxin. What is paraquat and how bad is it really? Although the ...