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• n  a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide

• War on Pot And Paraquat .
• Still, Florida officials remain committed to paraquat, in part out of support for the Reagan Administration's policy.
• Getting ready to use the Navy, FBI, IRSand paraquat Each new war against illegal drugs has seemed, when the fanfare died down, as futile as shoveling sand from a beach.

News & Articles

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• How Heroin Addicts Helped Scientists Link Pesticides and Parkinson's
  carmendrahl writes "Exposure to certain pesticides, including rotenone and paraquat, has been associated with a higher incidence of Parkinson's disease in population studies. But how did scientists come to think of a link between Parkinson's disease and pesticides in the first place? The answer involves the 1980s drug underworld, where criminals were synthesizing modified versions of illegal ...
  Nov. 26, 2013 - Slashdot

Quotes

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• Irene Fernandez in Reuters
  Paraquat has serious implications for one's health and there is no antidote. It is not right for a human to be handling it,said Irene Fernandez of Tenaganita, a rights group in Malaysia.
• Filipe Bole in Stuff.co.nz
  Unfortunately, Shereen took paraquat the same morning, this is indeed saddening,Mr Bole said, adding the school had acted in the best interests of the student.