Paraquat News

Paraquat has been around for a very long time. It is one of the oldest and most prominent herbicides on the market and is typically used by farmers and agricultural workers to kill weeds and other plants that negatively affect crops. Although it was invented […]

Paraquat is a powerful herbicide that has been shown to increase a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, in addition to other serious illnesses. People who accidentally ingest paraquat often suffer severe internal injuries or death. Paraquat has been banned in dozens of countries around […]

Paraquat is a commercial herbicide that has been used for decades on many different crops in the United States. Although it was originally invented in the 19th century, products that contain paraquat became widely used in the U.S. beginning in the 1960s. In 2016, based […]

Paraquat is a toxic herbicide that has been widely used by farmers and agricultural workers since the 1960s. However, due to paraquat’s hazardous nature and numerous cases of paraquat poisoning from 2000 to 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began employing risk mitigation efforts. These […]

Paraquat, which first became widely used in the 1960s, is an herbicide that has been used on many different crops for decades. It is also incredibly toxic and can cause death in humans who consume even a small sip of the herbicide. Exposure to paraquat […]

In recent years, a number of herbicides have generated a large amount of controversy due to their potential health risks. Two of the most controversial chemical weedkillers are paraquat (also known by the brand name Gramoxone, among others) and Roundup. Because of their enormous popularity […]

Paraquat dichloride (usually simply called paraquat but marketed under various brand names, including Gramoxone) is a highly toxic chemical herbicide. Like Roundup, it is a powerful non-selective contact herbicide, which means that it kills most plants indiscriminately. Unlike Roundup, however, paraquat is so highly toxic […]

Paraquat, which is also known by the brand name Gramoxone, is a highly toxic chemical herbicide. Worldwide, it has been one of the most widely used chemicals for controlling weeds since the 1950s, particularly in agricultural settings. Additionally, it is also used to dry out […]

Paraquat dichloride (usually known simply as paraquat but also known as methyl viologen and found marketed under various brand names, including Gramoxone) is a chemical with a high level of toxicity. In general, it is chiefly used as an herbicide on many different crops, and […]

Paraquat is a highly toxic chemical that has been used as an herbicide by many farmers on crops all around the world since the 1950s. Because products containing paraquat are both effective and cheap, they are particularly popular in many underdeveloped countries. However, due to its […]