Zach Lahn

Paraquat is so toxic that it is actually used in research settings to induce Parkinson's in rats and mice.

It actually interacts with oxygen within the plant to create something that's called superoxide, basically a highly unstable form of oxygen.

And then I'm going to simplify this, but basically it burns it from the inside out.

It is a product that if you apply onto a plant in a matter of hours, it's destroyed.

It is unbelievably toxic.

I say that to just bring up this point.

When we talk about this issue, we're going to get into the issue of agency capture of our government.

Because Paraquad was actually originally formulated by Syngenta, the now Chinese-owned company.

Syngenta sells this product still, and the country of China bans it.

They won't even allow it to be sold in the country that owns the company.

50 countries banned this product.

If you want to spray this product as a farmer, as an applicator, here's all you need to do.

You have to take an applicator's class, which is an online class that lasts between 30 and 60 minutes.

And you can go buy and use this product.

There have been stories about people in medical journals that have gotten, through spraying for crops, have gotten enough on their skin that they literally just died from topical exposure.

Holy shit.

And it does the same thing in our body.

What it does is it enters in...

And it actually accumulates in the lungs.

It reacts with oxygen.