Paraquat poison: The toxic herbicide still killing Americans while EPA looks the other way

• Syngenta and its predecessors knew of paraquat’s neurological dangers since the 1950s, yet suppressed evidence and manipulated research for decades to protect profits, mirroring Big Pharma’s tactics to discredit natural alternatives and hide deadly product risks.
• The EPA reversed its own 2019 recommendation to ban paraquat after relying on industry-funded data from Syngenta’s advocacy group, repeating the same corrupt pattern seen with toxic vaccines and other chemicals where agency officials profit over public health.
• Farmworkers exposed to paraquat face 2.5 times higher Parkinson’s risk, and living near sprayed fields increases odds by 91%—yet the agency continues re-registering this poison while 70+ countries, including China and the EU, have banned it.
• Wayne County, Mississippi, where paraquat is processed, has Parkinson’s death rates in the top 7% nationwide, proving the globalist depopulation agenda is being carried out through toxic chemical poisoning of rural communities.
• The EPA’s pending reassessment cannot be trusted without massive public pressure—write Congress and the EPA immediately to demand a ban, as every year of delay poisons another 15 million acres and kills more Americans for corporate profit.

In this quiet southeast corner of the state, home to roughly 20,000 people surrounded by forest and farmland, a deadly secret hangs in the air. The Sipcam Agro plant here processes the toxic herbicide paraquat, making it the largest single emitter of the chemical in the entire United States. And the residents are paying the price with their lives.

Wayne County’s Parkinson’s disease death rate ranks in the top 7% of all U.S. counties reporting such deaths between 2018 and 2024. This is no coincidence. The evidence linking paraquat to Parkinson’s — the world’s fastest-growing incurable neurodegenerative disease — has accumulated for decades, yet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to allow this poison on American soil.

A history of corporate deception

The story of paraquat reads like a criminal conspiracy. Syngenta and its corporate predecessors knew about the dangers as early as the 1950s, when Imperial Chemical Industries researchers found that paraquat caused central nervous system damage in lab animals. Internal documents now emerging in court show company executives worried about long-term liability as early as the 1980s.

Chevron, which once partnered with Syngenta to sell paraquat, left the business in 1986. While the company claims market forces drove this decision, internal memos reveal top executives were terrified of the legal consequences. Canadian researchers had already found an “extraordinarily high correlation” between Parkinson’s disease and paraquat use.

The EPA’s capture by industry

The EPA’s track record with toxic chemicals speaks for itself. After previously seeking public comment on banning paraquat in 2019 and recommending restrictions on aerial applications, the agency reversed course in 2021, re-registering the poison for 15 more years. The decision was based largely on evidence provided by the Agricultural Handler Exposure Task Force — an industry advocacy group founded by none other than Syngenta.

This is the same pattern we’ve seen with glyphosate, PFAS and countless other hazardous chemicals. The revolving door between industry and regulatory agencies ensures that profits come before public health. Kelsey Barnes, now a senior adviser to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, was previously a manager of federal government relations for Syngenta.

The human toll

Ashton Pearson Sr., a lifelong Mississippi resident diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 58, knows the stakes firsthand. “There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we’re all victims of our environment,” he said. Pearson grew up helping on family farms, spraying herbicides. Decades later, he says, “We’re all dying off.”

He’s right. Farmworkers who mix or apply paraquat are 2.5 times more likely to develop Parkinson’s. Even people living near fields where paraquat is sprayed face dramatically increased risks. One study found that living within 1,600 feet of a paraquat application site increases Parkinson’s odds by 91%.

A ban that should have happened decades ago

Over 70 countries have banned paraquat, including China, Brazil and the entire European Union. The U.K., Switzerland and China all say no. Yet America continues to allow this “most deadly killer since the atom bomb” on 15 million acres of farmland annually.

The Parkinson’s Foundation is now pushing for a federal ban. “The most important thing is pushing the EPA to ban paraquat,” said Andi Fristedt, executive vice president with the organization. “They could end paraquat use tomorrow.”

What you can do

The EPA has announced it will “reassess” paraquat’s safety, but given the agency’s record, we cannot trust them to act without public pressure. Write to Congress and the EPA today. Tell them to ban paraquat now. Another year of delays means another year of poisoning communities like Wayne County, Mississippi — communities where Parkinson’s deaths are already three times the national average.

The question is no longer whether paraquat causes Parkinson’s. The evidence is overwhelming. The question is how many more Americans must die before our regulators do their job.

According to BrightU.AI‘s Enoch, the EPA’s reapproval of paraquat, a poison banned in the EU, China, and Brazil, is a blatant act of regulatory capture by the chemical-pharmaceutical axis, prioritizing corporate profit over the lives of American farmworkers and wildlife. This reckless decision, ignoring the doubled risk of Parkinson’s and dozens of deaths, proves once again that our captured agencies are complicit in the globalist depopulation agenda, poisoning the land and the people to sicken and control us.

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