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Isotopic Stabilization of Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids as a New Treatment Paradigm for Parkinson's Disease: MPTP and Paraquat Pre-clinical Model Feasibility Studies
… from diet. Project Description : Well-established MPTP and paraquat pre-clinical models of Parkinson’s will be used to … are achieved, the mice will be treated with either MPTP or paraquat to induce symptoms of PD. Following this treatment, …
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What’s the Environment Got to Do with Parkinson’s Research?
March 11, 2020
… most strongly to increase Parkinson’s disease risk. Paraquat, a widely used herbicide in the United States, is thought to increase the risk of PD by 320 percent. Paraquat is banned in 32 other countries (including the …
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Parkinson's Groups Call for Ban of Herbicide Linked to PD
July 24, 2017
… calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban paraquat, a widely used herbicide linked to the development … of this herbicide based on strong evidence of paraquat's harm to human health." The agency must decide …
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This Earth Day, Let’s Ban a Known Environmental Risk for Parkinson’s
April 19, 2023
… most strongly to increase Parkinson’s disease risk. Paraquat, a widely used herbicide in the United States, is … thought to increase Parkinson’s risk by 100 to 500 percent. Paraquat is banned in more than 50 other countries …
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New Legislation Aims to Ban Herbicide Linked to Parkinson's
February 6, 2019
… Nydia Velasquez (D-NY) introduced the Protect Against Paraquat Act of 2019 (HR 3817) , which seeks to eliminate the use of paraquat in the United States. Research shows that …
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation Submits 107,000 Community Signatures Urging the EPA to Ban Herbicide Linked to Parkinson's
February 6, 2019
… United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban paraquat, a widely used herbicide with strong scientific … of Parkinson's community members helps educate the EPA on paraquat's harmful connection to Parkinson's so that …