It was the late 1980s when Gary Mund felt his pinky tremble. At first it seemed like a random occurrence, but pretty quickly he realized something was seriously wrong. Within two years, Mund — a crew ...

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 ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 27, 2025) An article in The New York Times (NYT), entitled “A Killer Within Easy Reach,” highlights the use of the weed killer paraquat, a widely used herbicide in the U.S.

(NEW YORK) — The number of nations where paraquat, an agricultural herbicide, is allowed to be used continues to dwindle, yet paraquat continues to receive stamps of approval from federal regulators ...

Paraquat is such a toxic herbicide that its use has been banned in more than 60 countries including the United Kingdom, China and Brazil. Assemblymember Laura Friedman, D-Burbank, wants to see ...

Australia’s chemical regulator is expected to make a call on the future of paraquat and diquat before Christmas.

The Environmental Protection Agency has affirmed its finding that the “weight of evidence is insufficient” to link exposure from use of paraquat to Parkinson’s Disease in humans. In a preliminary ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A California lawmaker announced a new bill Wednesday to ban the weed killer paraquat, which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease and other health risks especially for ...