‘Miss Wagstaff, What Are You Doing?’ Aimee Wagstaff, Ordered Into Court, Denies Attacking Paraquat Settlement

U.S. District Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, of the Southern District of Illinois, ordered plaintiffs’ attorney Aimee Wagstaff not to interfere with settlement negotiations in the paraquat ...
WBAL

Essential herbicide, but at what cost? Paraquat remains in US despite bans elsewhere

(NEW YORK) — The number of nations where paraquat, an agricultural herbicide, is allowed to be used continues to dwindle, yet paraquat continues to receive stamps of approval from federal regulators ...

Critical Mass With Law.com’s Amanda Bronstad: Paraquat Judge Orders Aimee Wagstaff Not to ‘Blow Up the Settlement’, Thousands of Talc Cases Could Be Dismis…

At a brief hearing, U.S. District Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel in the Southern District of Illinois was not persuaded by ...

Lawyers argue over who bats leadoff in Phila. Paraquat trials

Lawyers pushing claims an herbicide caused their clients’ Parkinson’s disease are upset that they don’t get to choose which ...
Agri-Pulse

EPA rejects association between paraquat and Parkinson's

The Environmental Protection Agency has affirmed its finding that the “weight of evidence is insufficient” to link exposure from use of paraquat to Parkinson’s Disease in humans. In a preliminary ...
Agri-Pulse

Herbicide maker, opponents square off over EPA paraquat stance

The long-running dispute over EPA’s approval of paraquat has entered a new phase as the manufacturer of the popular herbicide and several opponents of its use on farm fields filed comments about a ...
Yahoo

California moves to ban the use of paraquat, a powerful weedkiller

Gary Mund is helped by his wife, Tammie, in November in their home in Sparks, Nev. Mund, who has Parkinson's disease, is part of a lawsuit filed against the maker of the herbicide paraquat. (Monique ...
Los Angeles Times

Calling for further study, California lawmakers table ban on toxic herbicide paraquat

California lawmakers have approved a bill that could help strengthen regulations on the use of paraquat, a powerful weedkiller associated with Parkinson’s disease and other serious health issues.
Civil Eats

Is There Enough Evidence of Health Risks for the EPA to Ban Paraquat?

April 15, 2025 Update: Syngenta, manufacturer of the weedkiller paraquat, which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease, has entered into an agreement to potentially settle thousands of lawsuits ...
Farm Online

Farmer fears for summer paraquat use immediately post APVMA review addressed

Farmers have been reassured they will not be forced into a sudden reshuffle of their post-harvest weed management strategy, ...
Beyond Pesticides

Paraquat, Parkinson’s, and Litigation: Chem Company Proffers Disinformation and Character Assassination

(Beyond Pesticides, November 22, 2024) With numerous campaigns at the state and federal level to ban the weed killer paraquat and nearly 6,000 individual lawsuits alleging exposure to it causes ...
JSTOR Daily

Paraquat: toxicology and impacts of its ban on human health and agriculture

Paraquat was the most successful nonselective herbicide in Korea due to its rapid herbicidal activity. However, its high mammalian toxicity, frequent self-poisoning incidents, and a lack of effective ...