Chemical giant secretly tried to influence research on weedkiller's links to Parkinson's disease

Internal documents from chemical giant Syngenta reveal tactics to sponsor sympathetic scientific papers and mislead regulators about unfavorable researchThe global chemical giant Syngenta has sought to secretly influence scientific research regarding links between its top-selling weedkiller and Parkinson's, internal corporate documents show.While numerous independent researchers have determined that the weedkiller, paraquat, can cause neurological changes that are hallmarks of Parkinson's, Syngenta has always maintained that the evidence linking paraquat to Parkinson's disease is "fragmentary" and "inconclusive". Continue reading...