Paraquat Flaggers May Be The First Paraquat Parkinsons Disease Cases To Go To Trial

Syngenta's case in defense of causing Parkinson's disease is weak

Monday, January 31, 2022 - The next development in the paraquat lawsuits against Syngenta may be 16 bellwether trials scheduled to take place in 2023 and beyond. These 16 cases have been hand-picked as the best available by paraquat lawyers representing both sides. On the side of the plaintiff is evidence that working on a farm that sprays paraquat resulted in ingesting the product through the skin and also by directly inhaling the defoliant. Farmworkers come into direct dermal and respiratory exposure to paraquat, repeatedly and for many years. Plaintiff's attorneys may present cases of farmworkers that worked for years as paraquat flaggers. A flagger directs the crop-dusters spraying paraquat over the fields to be defoliated before being harvested to dry them out, make them lighter and thus cost less to harvest.

Paraquat is an indiscriminate killer of plant and human life and kills all that it comes into contact with, with astonishing speed. One farmworks said that he could see the plants die right before his eyes during a paraquat spraying. It is not a stretch to assume that paraquat could also cause human injury and death because paraquat is poisonous to humans also. Only one small sip of paraquat causes instant death to humans. Paraquat is such an effective human killer that it is the preferred method of suicide for people looking to take their own life. Spending years being sprayed with the defoliant and developing Parkinson's disease is a natural assumption. Paraquat is so toxic to human health that its use has been banned in 30 countries including China, Switzerland, and the European Union. The EPA has demanded that Paraquat to colored bright blue and infused with an odor agent to prevent accidental ingestion by minors and others. Syngenta continues to manufacture paraquat in China and Switzerland however its use is banned.

Plaintiffs that accuse paraquat of causing their Parkinson's disease will have science on their side as Parkinson's disease advocacy and support groups like the Michael J Fox Foundation (MJFF), Parkinson's.org, and Parkinson's News Today all have published studies that link ingesting agricultural pesticides and herbicides like glyphosate and paraquat with developing Parkinson's disease. Syngenta, on the other side, has the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to find a connection between using paraquat and developing the deadly neurological disorder. In 2022, the EPA renewed paraquat's license for use in the United States for another 15 years after issuing a string of guidance restricting the use of the chemical. The EPA is being sued by EarthJustice and farmworkers for failing to ban the defoliant. "Farmworker and environmental groups on Friday sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its July re-approval of the weedkiller paraquat, alleging it puts farmworkers at increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease." according to Reuters. "The Farmworker Association of Florida and others petitioned the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the EPA's July 13 interim registration decision approving continued use of the widely used herbicide, which they claim violates the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act." The EPA, in their July 2022 decision, banned farms from using human beings as paraquat flaggers.

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