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Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson’s. They blame a deadly pesticide.
Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson’s. They blame a deadly pesticide.
Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson’s. They blame a deadly pesticide.

Published on: 12/15/2025

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Paul Friday remembers when his hand started flopping in the cold weather – the first sign nerve cells in his brain were dying.

He was eventually diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a brain disease that gets worse over time. His limbs got stiffer. He struggled to walk. He couldn’t keep living on his family farm. Shortly afterward, Friday came to believe that decades of spraying a pesticide called paraquat at his peach orchard in southwestern Michigan may be the culprit.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12/thousands-of-us-farmers-have-parkinsons-they-blame-a-deadly-pesticide.html

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