Farmers allege link between popular herbicide paraquat and Parkinson's disease

[@ReginaJune]

You see where organic is cheaper in the long run on your health and the environment. Get away from chemicals today!

[@chinookvalley]

Roundup is still on the shelf to buy by anyone. How many more DECADES will we have to wait to "find the link"?

[@NaturebyGus]

Not that I use Roundup but they removed glyphosate from roundup several months ago. Now Roundup uses Triclophyr (maybe we will see in the future that it is worst than glyphosate).

[@ReginaJune]

0:38 Vietnam veterans had Paraquat Cough from marijuana? I was a kid I didn’t completely understand.

[@patwestergard4252]

I hope this farmer wins his case. Things need to change.

[@whatEMMAsaid]

My dad NEVER let us walk on or near (if it could be avoided) lawns that had been sprayed with herbicides/pesticides. He knew they were toxic and wanted them to be made illegal for residential use. He grew up on a farm in New Brunswick, and three out of the five brothers have Parkinson's. They used various chemicals throughout the 40s-60s. Only one of my uncles continued to use heavy pesticides throughout his life ... he now has severe Parkinson's.

[@butyrate]

My dad used this. Just started getting a tremor.

[@MagicMelodysMeadows]

I have a friend who has been diagnosed with Parkinson disease. We worked together on a farm for OSU for years. He is now in a lawsuit because of the herbicide we had to use.

[@MartinMackinson]

It’s killing me very slowly I sprayed thousands of acres of the dam stuff nobody ever told me about any safety precautions

[@GreyKnight52]

So i guess organic food is worth the cost.

[@chinookvalley]

Not if it's getting the blow-over spray from neighboring fields.

[@satxsatxsatx]

The organic qualification has been weakened and corrupted by eg Walmart and other big food retailers, and by big ag producers

[@SanoopAI]

Most farmers follow the precautions only for few days then they feel it is not dangerous and then leading to misuse

[@dorthymcbride3384]

Paraguat is just as dangerous as roundup😢😢

[@Pr0toPoTaT0]

Is round up dangerous?

[@sChick-vy3vi]

​@@Pr0toPoTaT0 Very dangerous! It causes cancer!

[@icantcook9998]

Government corruption at its finest I worked on a farm mainly producing hay and silage two of the blokes who did the main weed control have both developed Parkinson's I will be forwarding this interview onto them I find it very interesting to say the least

[@SanoopAI]

People dont learn to use proper protection unless they see the effects immediately

[@NancyWhitney-to7nn]

I remember when we smoked weed in the 60s and 70s that were sprayed with paraquat from mexico.

[@stache1954]

They used to spray pot with paraquat.

[@hughjaass3787]

Glyosphate, aka-RoundUp, does the same thing as far as Parkinsons in farmers.

[@J_L45]

Ban ROUNDUP as well FFS 🤦‍♀️

[@MariaMunoz-qh9vi]

The jabs 💉💉💉💉

[@bloodlove93]

irrelevant but thanks for making your opinion obvious, I'd say you use the first amendment well, but you used twice as many emojis as you did words.

[@MariaMunoz-qh9vi]

@@bloodlove93 maybe as your comment to me 😏

[@sChick-vy3vi]

In France, wine country employees are compensated by their country, and other countries as well. My guess is the vitiligo on the wife is caused by the pesticides as well.

[@neokennime6756]

they're just ordinary farmer couple. how did they know about paraquat?

[@chinookvalley]

Are you saying farmers are stupid? It's easy to read the labels of what is being sprayed.

[@DanCojocari]

Common theme is chemicals that inhibit the mitochondrial election transport chain and cause reactive oxygen species (rotenone, paraquat)

[@SOLDGREEN]

We didn’t know it was gonna hurt nobody that skull and crossbones Used to mean everybody’s happy