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 ...

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

In a landmark judgment, a Kerala court sentenced Greeshma to death for the murder of her boyfriend, Sharon Raj, in 2022. Her ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long maintained that the herbicide is safe for use under strict regulations -- something Parkinson's advocates vehemently disagree with and are ...

For police in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, his name had become “a synonym for violent activities” of the Maoists. Mahesh Korsa, a 36-year-old expert in planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) ...

A weed-killing pesticide banned in over 70 countries was recently found to have potentially adverse affects on public health and wildlife in California, according to officials. Preliminary ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday introduced two special category visas for international students intending to pursue higher education in the country. Students using any of the two visas, the ‘e ...

Among them: a petition signed by more than 53,000 people urging Biden to ban the use of paraquat, a highly toxic weedkiller that has been linked to Parkinson’s disease. The petition was ...