Paraquat Poisoning Pennsylvanians, Parkinson’s on Rise

Pennsylvania poised to become the first state to ban Paraquat — a herbicide linked to the onset of Parkinson’s. States Can Act to Protect People from Paraquat Even if the EPA Does Not.

Given recent litigation in which the Trump administration sided with Bayer/Monsanto, the maker of Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide known to be a human carcinogen, it’s unlikely that action will be taken at the federal level to protect us from dangerous agrochemicals. Federal pesticide law does not prohibit states from banning pesticides that are otherwise permitted by the EPA, and states have done so in the past.