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House Comes Together to Protect Americans from Parkinson’s Disease and China

Virginia Grace McKinnon

Amid massive party infighting, the U.S. House of Representatives is coming together to put a bipartisan end to chemicals poisoning Americans with Parkinson’s disease.

The bipartisan Paraquat Prevention Act would cancel all legal use of the herbicide paraquat, which has been linked to the neurological disorder and is massively produced by China.

“The United States has no business allowing a chemical linked to Parkinson’s disease to keep being sprayed on American farmland, and this bill ends that,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., the author of the bill, said in a press release.

Paraquat has been banned in over 70 countries, including every nation in the European Union, because the science is clear about the devastating neurological risks associated with exposure. The United States has no business allowing a chemical linked to Parkinson's disease to… pic.twitter.com/tYdfwXvtRp— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) June 18, 2026

Paraquat has been banned in over 70 countries, including every nation in the European Union, because the science is clear about the devastating neurological risks associated with exposure. The United States has no business allowing a chemical linked to Parkinson's disease to… pic.twitter.com/tYdfwXvtRp

Paraquat is a generic herbicide used for weed control and is banned in every nation in the European Union and more than 70 countries worldwide, including China. Despite China’s ban on the chemical, it is a leading manufacturer of paraquat, exporting roughly 78........

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