Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find

Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/50-per-cent-world-farmers-poisoned-pesticides-every-year-experts

 

Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows

"From a human health perspective, this stuff is quite a bit nastier than glyphosate so we're seeing a regrettable substitution, and the ineffective regulatory structure is allowing it," said Nathan Donley, science director with the Center For Biological Diversity, which advocates for stricter pesticide regulations but was not involved in the new research. "Regrettable substitution" is a scientific term used to describe the replacement of a toxic substance in a consumer product with an ingredient that is also toxic. 

Diquat is also thought to be a neurotoxin, carcinogen and linked to Parkinson's disease. An October analysis of EPA data by the Friends of the Earth non-profit found it is about 200 times more toxic than glyphosate in terms of chronic exposure…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/06/weedkiller-diquat-organ-damage-study

 

Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH | WIRED

Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US's leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz...

https://www.wired.com/story/doctor-breakthrough-parkinsons-research-nih-purge/ 

 

TCE is Highly Toxic. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It. — ProPublica

Kinel and three of his colleagues were diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. They all worked in a law office in Rochester, New York, that sat next to a dry cleaner that had dumped TCE into the soil. Kinel was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative condition at age 43, after working there for seven years. His three colleagues have since died. At least 15 of the firm's partners developed cancers related to TCE…

https://www.propublica.org/article/tce-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans 

 

What’s Parkinson’s disease, and why is there speculation that President Biden might have it? - Vox

Why speculation over the president's health refuses to die down...

https://www.vox.com/politics/359914/biden-parkinsons-president-parkinsonism-neurolog

Why does the US allow a controversial weedkiller banned across the world?

In 2011, AHS researchers reported that study participants who used paraquat or another pesticide called rotenone were more than twice as likely to develop Parkinson's disease as people who didn't use the chemicals...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/28/paraquat-weedkiller-epa-ban

Secret files suggest chemical giant feared weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease

In addition, the records show company scientists were aware of evidence that exposure to paraquat could impair the central nervous system (CNS), triggering tremors and other symptoms in experimental animals similar to those suffered by people with Parkinson's. A 1975 Chevron communication speaks of concerns about allegations of "permanent CNS effects from paraquat".

And as independent researchers continued to find more and more evidence that paraquat may cause Parkinson's, the documents describe what Syngenta called an "influencing" strategy "that proactively diffuses [sic] the potential threats that we face" and seeks to "maintain and safeguard paraquat registrations", referring to their regulatory approvals. The strategy "must consider how best to influence academia, and regulatory and NGO environments"…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/20/syngenta-weedkiller-pesticide-parkinsons-disease-paraquat-documents

How the common flu can spike your risk of Parkinson's by 90 percent | TheHill

"This is not evidence of a causal link between flu infection and Parkinson's. Our study adds to a broader literature, and we shouldn't overstate the results," the study's lead author said.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medical-advances/588263-how-the-common-flu-can-spike-your-risk-of

Air pollution particles in young brains linked to Alzheimer's damage

Tiny air pollution particles have been revealed in the brain stems of young people and are intimately associated with molecular damage linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/06/air-pollution-particles-in-young-brains-linked-to-alzheimers-damage

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Parkinsons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs0FYyzkgT4&feature=youtu.be

Century-old Parkinson's question answered

Scientists say they have found the first direct evidence that the immune system does attack the brain in Parkinson's disease. The discovery, in the journal Nature, suggests that drugs to calm the immune system could help manage the disease.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40353798