In the U.S., paraquat, which is often distributed under the brand name Gramoxone, is not available for purchase by the public and may only be used by certified applicators.

Paraquat could be the latest herbicide at the centre of an Australian class action. Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of ...

Several animal studies have suggested a mechanism by which paraquat exposure could cause Parkinson's, but "a mechanism of action lacks sufficient evidence." In animal studies, rodents are given ...

Former farmer Larry Wyles is one of the plaintiffs in the US legal action alleging a link between Paraquat and Parkinson's A chemical manufacturer facing legal action over alleged links between ...

A key expert witness in lawsuits claiming that Syngenta's herbicide paraquat causes Parkinson's disease cannot testify in court, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, dismissing the first four cases ...

In April 2024, Beyond Pesticides’ comments on the Paraquat Interim Registration Review stated, “EPA failed to assess a common mechanism of toxicity for PQ and any other substance in its review for the ...

Dickens said the firm is filing a class-action lawsuit for Florida agriculture workers who believe they were put at a higher risk of getting Parkinson’s Disease due to their exposure to paraquat ...

Farmworker groups, environmentalists and health organizations represented by Earthjustice sued the Environmental Protection Agency today for approving the continued use of the deadly pesticide ...

Dunachie and Fletcher's observation that paraquat at concentrations above a threshold level of 0.1-0.15 p.p.m.—about 5–7.5 μg/egg—is highly toxic to hen's eggs may seem alarming, As the ...

Paraquat, the active ingredient in Gramoxone and other similar herbicides, is to be banned throughout the EU after an unprecedented court action in Sweden. The chemical controls a broad spectrum ...

A chemical manufacturer facing legal action over alleged links between its pesticide and Parkinson's Disease ignored key health records in studies. Syngenta insists there is no evidence of a ...