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Paraquat is a highly toxic herbicide used in agriculture, linked to Parkinson's disease, and banned in many countries.

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Science Friday
Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US

Do the risks of paraquat exposure change if you're breathing it in?

Science Friday
Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US

You know, we were just talking about this plant in Mississippi that was emitting paraquat into the air.

Science Friday
Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US

And we showed in many ways, with many analyses, that Paraquat exposure at the workplace and homes was related to Parkinson's very strongly.

Science Friday
Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US

Yes, I'm a little biased here because I studied paraquat exposure in humans for so long.

Science Friday
Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US

So Paraquat is damaging these cells that we know are the cells that are damaged in Parkinson's disease, these dopamine neurons, right?

Science Friday
Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US

But in human mammalian cells and mammalian cells, we also know that Paraquat actually impairs something we call the respiratory chain of mitochondria.

Science Friday
Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US

And that's the kind of processes that actually happen with Paraquat.