A Voice for Choice Advocacy
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy advocates for people’s rights to be fully informed about the composition, quality, and short- and long-term health effects of all products that go into people’s bodies, such as food, water, air, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy
#Paraquat Weedkiller Killed Thousands, Including Children, Former Syngenta Scientist Says.
#Pesticides #Health #ChildrensHealth #Agrichemicals
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/paraquat-weedkiller-killed-children-syngenta-scientist/
Children's Health Defense
Paraquat Weedkiller Killed Thousands, Including Children, Former Syngenta Scientist Says
While some people have used paraquat as an agent for suicide, others, including small children, have died accidentally following just a sip of the weedkiller, according to a former lead scientist for paraquat’s manufacturer, Syngenta.
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Paraquat considered deadliest pesticide used by farmworkers in Monterey County, link to Parkinson's disease

#Pesticides #FarmWorkers #Paraquat #ParkinsonsDisease
#GetToxicsOut

https://kion546.com/news/2022/12/23/paraquat-considered-deadliest-pesticide-used-by-farmworkers-in-monterey-county/
KION546
Paraquat considered deadliest pesticide used by farmworkers in Monterey County – KION546
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- More than 20,000 U.S. farmworkers - most of which are Hispanic - are poisoned by pesticides each year. The actual number of poisonings is likely much higher. The most common herbicide in agriculture is a chemical called…
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#Paraquat under probe Part 1: Suit alleges link to #Parkinsons

Internal documents show the manufacturer has been aware of concerns for decades.

#Pesticides #Syngenta #Nuremberg2

https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/paraquat-probe-part-1-suit-alleges-link-parkinsons-105088552
ABC News
Video Paraquat under probe Part 1: Suit alleges link to Parkinson's
The herbicide Paraquat has come under intense scrutiny with the Michael J. Fox Foundation suing the EPA to stop its use in the United States. Thousands of plaintiffs have also sued the manufacturer.
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#EPA under fire for approving use of 'highly lethal' herbicide: 'At odds with the best available science'

#Paraquat #Herbicides #ParkinsonsDisease

https://www.yahoo.com/news/epa-under-fire-approving-highly-080000783.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
Yahoo News
EPA under fire for approving use of 'highly lethal' herbicide: 'At odds with the best available science'
"The EPA can still correct its flawed decision, but it needs to follow the science."
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy
"More than 60 countries have banned the weedkiller paraquat because of its links to Parkinson’s disease.
But the Environmental Protection Agency continues to defend its use in the U.S., based on a scientific analysis that has at least five fundamental flaws."

#Paraquat #Pesticides #Parkinsons #EPA #BigChemical #Agriculture

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/03/five-fatal-flaws-epas-justification-using-toxic-weedkiller-paraquat
Environmental Working Group
Five fatal flaws in EPA’s justification for using toxic weedkiller paraquat
More than 60 countries have banned the weedkiller paraquat because of its links to Parkinson’s disease. But the Environmental Protection Agency continues to defend its use in the U.S., based on a scientific analysis that has at least five fundamental flaws.
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California’s Latino communities most at risk from exposure to brain-damaging weed killer

#Paraquat #Pesticides #Farmworkers #Health #Safety #California

https://www.cleveland.com/reckon/2024/04/californias-latino-communities-most-at-risk-from-exposure-to-brain-damaging-weed-killer.html
Cleveland OH
California’s Latino communities most at risk from exposure to brain-damaging weed killer
Growers’ use of the neurotoxic weed killer paraquat is concentrated in just five agricultural counties, leaving low-income Latinos disproportionately exposed to a chemical linked to Parkinson’s disease, a new analysis shows.
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Laura Friedman unveils state bill to ban herbicide linked to #Parkinsons, #leukemia

#California #Pesticides #BigChemical #Agriculture #Paraquat #GetToxicsOut

https://www.dailynews.com/2024/04/03/laura-friedman-unveils-state-bill-to-ban-paraquat-linked-to-parkinsons-leukemia/
Daily News
Laura Friedman unveils state bill to ban herbicide linked to Parkinson’s, leukemia
Assemblymember Laura Friedman says California needs to be a leader in eliminating highly toxic herbicide like paraquat
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy
EWG sponsors bill to ban use in #California of toxic weedkiller linked to #Parkinsons disease

#Pesticides #Paraquat #BigChemical #Agriculture #FarmWorkers #Health #BrainHealth #GetToxicsOut

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2024/04/ewg-sponsors-bill-ban-use-california-toxic-weedkiller-linked
Environmental Working Group
EWG sponsors bill to ban use in California of toxic weedkiller linked to Parkinson’s disease
The Environmental Working Group is sponsoring legislation in the state Assembly that would ban the use of the highly toxic herbicide paraquat in California. 
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy
"In 2021 alone, Wonderful sprayed more than 56,000 pounds of paraquat on fields in the Golden State used to produce pistachios, almonds and pomegranates, according to state and county pesticide records."

#Pesticides #Paraquat #RightToKnow #InformedChoice

https://www.ewg.org/research/wonderful-company-among-californias-top-users-toxic-weedkiller-paraquat
Environmental Working Group
The Wonderful Company among California’s top users of toxic weedkiller paraquat
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