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A Landmark Victory for the Parkinson’s Community: EPA Bans Trichloroethylene
December 9, 2024
… elimination of toxic chemicals like TCE and the herbicide paraquat for close to a decade. When the EPA proposed this … reduced or eliminated. At the top of the list is paraquat, a weedkiller thought to increase Parkinson’s risk …
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Tell Congress to Ban Harmful Toxins Linked to Parkinson's
… Ask Congress to support a bill that calls for banning paraquat and other dangerous pesticides used in farming and …
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Strengthening Evidence-based Regulatory Decision-making to Address the Impact of Pesticides on Parkinson's Disease Risk
… First, we will conduct an in-depth case study focusing on paraquat, a neurotoxic pesticide strongly linked to PD. We … comprehensively analyze the scientific evidence linking paraquat exposure to PD and quantify the risk estimates for …
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Parkinson’s Advocacy Awards Presented to Congressional Leaders and Community Members
April 15, 2021
… these members of Congress were lead authors on bills to ban paraquat. Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez, New York … Resources. She is the lead on H.R. 3817, Protect Against Paraquat Act, which bans paraquat. Congressman Joe Neguse, …
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Study: Specific Combined Genetic and Environmental Factors Lead to 11-fold Risk for Parkinson’s Disease
October 15, 2012
… This week, newly-released results into an herbicide called paraquat show that PD risk is doubled in people who worked with the chemical during their lifetime. Paraquat is widely-used in the farming of fruits and …
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Dafna Bonneh-Barkay, PhD
… Her research interest includes the characterization of paraquat toxicity and synuclein's involvement in primary …