Ray Dorsey and I published an article on “Paraquat, Parkinson’s, and Agnotology” which appeared in Movement Disorders in March of 2023. It has since been reprinted twice in The New Lede, and Arts and Opinion. The article elicited a subpoena from Swiss-headquartered Syngenta Corporation (a division of Chinese-owned Sinochem) regarding pending lawsuits against them from Parkinson’s patients. It is worth noting that Syngenta manufactures Paraquat in the north of England, but the pesticide is banned in Switzerland, the UK, and China.

Here is a brief overview of our work in RIT News.

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