SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A conservation group in California is pushing for a statewide ban on paraquat after a preliminary report released Monday indicates a potential link to human birth defects.

Paraquat is the active ingredient in herbicides such as Gramaxone SL 2.0. Paraquat is a widely used broad-spectrum herbicide. It is a quick acting, non-selective compound (Group 22, Photosystem ...

The subject of six lawsuits filed in three states, paraquat is widely used in the agricultural industry and, sadly, often causes illnesses to those least able to care for themselves: workers. Workers ...

Scott Faber of the Environmental Working Group speaks Tuesday, Sept. 17, at a Capitol Hill briefing urging the EPA to ban the use of the herbicide paraquat dichloride to protect farmworkers. (Ariana ...

Paraquat is a highly dangerous product still manufactured and sold in the United States. Manufacturers have for some time known the direct connection between paraquat and Parkinson’s Disease, but ...

The acutely toxic herbicide paraquat can stay on the US market with new safety measures to reduce farmworker exposures, the Environmental Protection Agency says in an interim decision announced Aug. 2 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A California lawmaker announced a new bill Wednesday to ban the weed killer paraquat, which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease and other health risks especially for ...

A map of the paraquat contamination in the Walnut Bayou Water Association in Madison Parish, Louisiana. (Image credit: Louisiana Department of Health) Roughly 200 residents in Madison Parish remain ...

Paraquat, the herbicide that the DEA once used to try to wipe out domestic marijuana production is back in the news because it is a neurotoxin. What is paraquat and how bad is it really? Although the ...