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#paraquat — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #paraquat, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 @[email protected] ·

    This #Pesticide May Be Too Dangerous to Use. #Farmers Say They Need It.
    #California announced that it’s phasing out #paraquat, a pesticide widely used in the United States that is linked to #ParkinsonsDisease.
    The action by the country’s largest agricultural state highlights the growing concerns over the chemical’s health effects, even as American farmers say it is an essential tool and continue to spray millions of pounds of it on crops each year.
    nytimes.com/2026/08/13/science
    archive.ph/WCubt

    #pesticide #farmers #california #paraquat #parkinsonsdisease
  2. Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 @[email protected] ·

    This #Pesticide May Be Too Dangerous to Use. #Farmers Say They Need It.
    #California announced that it’s phasing out #paraquat, a pesticide widely used in the United States that is linked to #ParkinsonsDisease.
    The action by the country’s largest agricultural state highlights the growing concerns over the chemical’s health effects, even as American farmers say it is an essential tool and continue to spray millions of pounds of it on crops each year.
    nytimes.com/2026/08/13/science
    archive.ph/WCubt

    #pesticide #farmers #california #paraquat #parkinsonsdisease
  3. Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 @BenjaminHCCarr ·

    This May Be Too Dangerous to Use. Say They Need It.
    announced that it’s phasing out , a pesticide widely used in the United States that is linked to .
    The action by the country’s largest agricultural state highlights the growing concerns over the chemical’s health effects, even as American farmers say it is an essential tool and continue to spray millions of pounds of it on crops each year.
    nytimes.com/2026/08/13/science
    archive.ph/WCubt

    #pesticide #farmers #california #paraquat #parkinsonsdisease
  4. Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 @[email protected] ·

    This #Pesticide May Be Too Dangerous to Use. #Farmers Say They Need It.
    #California announced that it’s phasing out #paraquat, a pesticide widely used in the United States that is linked to #ParkinsonsDisease.
    The action by the country’s largest agricultural state highlights the growing concerns over the chemical’s health effects, even as American farmers say it is an essential tool and continue to spray millions of pounds of it on crops each year.
    nytimes.com/2026/08/13/science
    archive.ph/WCubt

    #parkinsonsdisease #paraquat #california #farmers #pesticide
  5. Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬 @[email protected] ·

    This #Pesticide May Be Too Dangerous to Use. #Farmers Say They Need It.
    #California announced that it’s phasing out #paraquat, a pesticide widely used in the United States that is linked to #ParkinsonsDisease.
    The action by the country’s largest agricultural state highlights the growing concerns over the chemical’s health effects, even as American farmers say it is an essential tool and continue to spray millions of pounds of it on crops each year.
    nytimes.com/2026/08/13/science
    archive.ph/WCubt

    #pesticide #farmers #california #paraquat #parkinsonsdisease