Major breakthrough in herbicides to control crop-devastating & parasitic 'witchweed' that has wreaked havoc upon sub-Saharan Africa's crops ...

These worrying findings highlight the immediate need to ban the herbicide. Officials warn common herbicide used in the US is ...

An early love of construction toys led the Scottish chemist to thread molecules together, opening up a new field of chemistry ...

Paraquat dichloride, or paraquat, is a highly toxic liquid, which is mostly used by commercial farmers to kill weeds or dry ...

A Kerala woman was sentenced to death this week for the 2022 murder of her boyfriend. She used paraquat, a toxic chemical and ...

While planning to murder her boyfriend Sharon Raj in 2022, 22-year-old Greeshma meticulously researched slow poisons. What ...

Paraquat has drawn scrutiny for its possible links to Parkinson’s disease. It’s one of the most widely used pesticides in the United States.

The prosecution noted that this was done when she sensed danger and police asked her to appear for interrogation.

Greeshma's sentencing for the murder of Sharon Raj will be announced on Monday. The prosecution seeks the death penalty for the premeditated crime.

Sharon murder accused Sindhu, Nirmalkumar Nair and prime accused Greeshma Neyyattinkara: The Neyyattinkara Additional Sessions Court, under Judge A M Basheer, delivered its verdict on Friday in ...

It’s a condition the 65-year-old farmer believes he wouldn’t have if it weren’t for paraquat, a herbicide he once relied on to control weeds in his vineyard in the mid-western US state of Ohio. “Now ...