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Barbara Monaco<p>Report examining connection between the herbicide Paraquat and Parkinsons disease will be teleased by the Environmental Protection Agency tomorrow.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/parkinsons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parkinsons</span></a> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicide</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Paraquat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paraquat</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-herbicide-scrutiny-potential-parkinson-link.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-01-herbicid</span><span class="invisible">e-scrutiny-potential-parkinson-link.html</span></a></p>
Barbara Monaco<p>Paraquat, a dangerous herbicide banned in 70 countries, is blamed for severe birth defects and other serious health problems. It's still used widely in the US.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Paraquat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paraquat</span></a> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/birthdefects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthdefects</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-paraquat-health-harms-20014040.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfgate.com/bayarea/article/cal</span><span class="invisible">ifornia-paraquat-health-harms-20014040.php</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>"The chemical [<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Paraquat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paraquat</span></a>] is banned in at least 58 countries — including China and Switzerland — due to its toxicity, yet it continues to be a popular herbicide in California and other parts of the United States." </p><p>What do those 58 countries know (and care about) that the US doesn't? </p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/weed-killer-banned-50-countries-110015427.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/weed-killer-ban</span><span class="invisible">ned-50-countries-110015427.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Parkinsons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parkinsons</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Syngenta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syngenta</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>"The chemical [<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Paraquat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paraquat</span></a>] is banned in at least 58 countries — including China and Switzerland — due to its toxicity, yet it continues to be a popular herbicide in California and other parts of the United States." What do those 58 countries know (and care about) that the US doesn't? </p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/weed-killer-banned-50-countries-110015427.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/weed-killer-ban</span><span class="invisible">ned-50-countries-110015427.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Parkinsons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parkinsons</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Syngenta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syngenta</span></a></p>
Al Jazeera (unofficial)For decades, one of the world’s largest pesticide manufacturers deployed the Big Tobacco playbook to keep its flagship product ubiquitous—despite the company...<a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=AlJazeera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlJazeera</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=AlJazeeraEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlJazeeraEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=AlJazeeradocumentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlJazeeradocumentary</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=FaultLines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaultLines</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=ThePesticidePlaybook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePesticidePlaybook</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=alJazeera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alJazeera</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=aljazeeraEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aljazeeraEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=aljazeeralive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aljazeeralive</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=aljazeeravideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aljazeeravideo</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=aljazeera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aljazeera</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=aljazeeraEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aljazeeraEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=aljazeeralatest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aljazeeralatest</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=aljazeeralive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aljazeeralive</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=aljazeeralivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aljazeeralivenews</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=latestnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latestnews</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=newsheadlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newsheadlines</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=paraquat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paraquat</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=parkinsons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parkinsons</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=parkinsonsdisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parkinsonsdisease</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=pesticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticide</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=syngenta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>syngenta</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=toxicpesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicpesticides</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1X6gRDGaqM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Pesticide Playbook: Inside a Chemical Company’s Cover-Up | Fault Lines Documentary</a>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farmers</span></a> allege link between popular <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicide</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Parkinsons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parkinsons</span></a> disease</p><p>November 29, 2023</p><p>"It is against the law to use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/paraquat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paraquat</span></a> in China, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and dozens of other countries. Many countries have banned the herbicide due to its extreme <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicity</span></a>, while others have expressed concerns over the possible risk for Parkinson's disease.</p><p>"Yet the herbicide, manufactured by a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Swiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swiss</span></a> company that is owned by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> state, is still widely used throughout the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> in part because it is a highly effective way to kill weeds. </p><p>"The company, Syngenta, says that paraquat, which it produces under the name Gramoxone, 'is safe for its intended and labelled use.'</p><p>"Clayton Tucholke, who used Gramoxone for years on his farm in LaBolt, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDakota</span></a>, and has since been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, says otherwise.</p><p>"'It should have been pulled, I think, you know, so it didn't happen to somebody else,' Tucholke told ABC News.</p><p>"A 76-year-old father and grandfather, Tucholke lived on his farm with his wife Denise, but as the symptoms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Parkinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parkinson</span></a>'s have worsened, he says he was forced to give up his career in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> and had to move to the nearby town of Milbank to be closer to medical professionals.</p><p>"Daily tasks have become arduous for Tucholke, who now has to travel to physical therapy three times a week to slow the progression of his symptoms.</p><p>"'This man was so independent,' Denise Tucholke said. 'And his independence has been taken from him, which is unfair.'</p><p>"The Tucholkes are among the more than 4,000 Americans who have filed lawsuits as part of a multi-district litigation against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Syngenta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syngenta</span></a>, which currently manufactures <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gramoxone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gramoxone</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a>, which distributed it in the U.S. from 1966 until 1986.</p><p>"Although Syngenta and Chevron told ABC News that there is no scientific evidence that supports a causal link between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/paraquat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paraquat</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Parkinsonsdisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parkinsonsdisease</span></a>, the Tucholkes and other plaintiffs allege that such a link exists, arguing that Syngenta and Chevron knew or should have known that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicide</span></a> could 'cause severe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurological</span></a> injuries.'</p><p>"'Our daughter and son-in-law are still <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a>. I think any time [a] chemical is applied to the fields that they have to use, they should know what's going to happen,' Denise Tucholke said.</p><p>"'All the generations that are coming up afterwards need to know,' she said."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/farmers-allege-link-between-popular-herbicide-and-parkinson-s-disease/ar-AA1kG0mK?rc=1&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=023a0b3dc83c49e3943ad9df4c7fd305&amp;ei=12" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/health/other/far</span><span class="invisible">mers-allege-link-between-popular-herbicide-and-parkinson-s-disease/ar-AA1kG0mK?rc=1&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=023a0b3dc83c49e3943ad9df4c7fd305&amp;ei=12</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SyngentaKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SyngentaKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChevronKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChevronKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Herbicide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalPollution</span></a></p>