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‘Parkinson’s is a man-made disease’: How a chemical Europe can’t quit may be driving the disease (www.politico.eu)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

glyphosate

[–] Shadow 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

no, paraquat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraquat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Europe, to its credit, has acted on some of the science. Paraquat — the herbicide chemically similar to MPTP — was finally banned in 2007, although only after Sweden took the European Commission to court for ignoring the evidence of its neurotoxicity. Other pesticides with known links to Parkinson’s, such as rotenone and maneb, are no longer approved.

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Among the chemicals still in use, none has drawn more scrutiny — or survived more court battles — than glyphosate.

[–] Shadow 1 points 4 days ago

Right, I misread the subject.

Paraquat causes Parkinson's. Glyphosate most likely causes diseases too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

thank you