""The evidence linking paraquat to Parkinson's disease is probably the strongest of any pesticide commonly used.""
"Lawyers suing Swiss chemical company Syngenta are asking a U.S. judicial panel to consolidate more than a dozen similar lawsuits under the oversight of a federal judge in California.
The move is a telling sign of the expansion of litigation that alleges the company's weed killing products cause Parkinson's Disease.
According to the motion, filed April 7 by the Texas-based Fears Nachawati law firm with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, there are currently at least 14 lawsuits in six different federal courts across the country filed on behalf of plaintiffs who have been diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disorder. The lawsuits blame exposure to Syngenta's weed killers made with a chemical called paraquat for the disease. Several other cases making the same allegations are pending in state courts."
Carey Gillam reports for Environmental Health News April 12, 2021.
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