Parkinson's, Paraquat and Produce

The EPA is asking for public comment on its human health and ecological risk assessment for paraquat, a dangerous herbicide that is linked with Parkinson’s Disease. We must demand that the EPA ban this dangerous product.

Write to Congress and the EPA, demanding that they ban this product!

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Please ban paraquat

Dear [Decision Maker],

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The EPA is asking for public comment on its human health and ecological risk assessment for paraquat, a dangerous herbicide that is linked with Parkinson's Disease. I urge the EPA to ban this dangerous product.

The EPA, of course, denies that there is a causal relationship between Parkinson's and paraquat. Yet a 2011 study found that workers exposed to paraquat had more than double the risk of developing Parkinson's. In fact, paraquat is so good at causing Parkinson's that researchers routinely give it to mice to create an animal model. Multiple studies from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) show clear links between the chemical and Parkinson's. "It's about as persuasive as these things can get," said one NIH researcher.

Paraquat has been banned in Europe, and China announced in 2012 that it would phase out its use to "safeguard people's lives." Since drinking even one sip of paraquat can be lethal, it is used in suicides; in Taiwan, researchers say it caused 160 deaths a year. After South Korea banned paraquat, there was a 10% decline in suicides.

Why is the EPA refusing to do what 32 countries have already done?

Please act now to ban this dangerous chemical.

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