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Paraquat: Herbicide under US scrutiny over potential Parkinson's link

It's a condition the 65-year-old farmer believes he wouldn't have if it weren't for paraquat, a herbicide he once relied on to control weeds in his vineyard in the midwestern US state of Ohio.

This undated photo courtesy of David Jilbert, a Parkinson's survivor, shows him spraying his Ohio vineyard with herbicides. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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Washington, United States | AFP

First came the slow hand movements, then the tremor, and now the looming fear of what lies ahead.

David Jilbert's devastating

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