Environmental Working Group (EWG) 116d ago

Syngenta, maker of a controversial pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease, said on Tuesday that it will stop making its paraquat weed killer by the end of June. Our investigation with The Guardian previously uncovered internal company documents showing Syngenta knew for decades about research linking paraquat to Parkinson’s disease and sought to influence scientific research and public opinion. Read more here: https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/03/syngenta-says-it-will-stop-making-paraquat-a-pesticide-linked-to-parkinsons-disease/ -------- The New Lede, a project of the Environmental Working Group, is a nonprofit newsroom specializing in coverage of environmental issues that are critical to the health and well-being of people everywhere. We are helping drive an evolution of the environmental news landscape with a strict adherence to objectivity and an advocacy only for the truth. EWG has no influence on editorial decision making. Please keep environmental journalism vibrant and support our work: https://act.ewg.org/cXWUG66dJEeFKovVi... And follow us on socials: Substack: https://thenewlede.substack.com/ Twitter: @thenewledenews Bluesky: ‪@thenewlede.bsky.social‬ Facebook: The New Lede Instagram: @thenewlede