Company will halt production of controversial paraquat weed killer by end of June as it faces thousands of lawsuits ...

Syngenta announced earlier this month that it will cease global production of the herbicide paraquat by the end of June.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A conservation group in California is pushing for a statewide ban on paraquat after a preliminary report released Monday indicates a potential link to human birth defects.

Despite bans in nearly 70 countries, the toxic weedkiller remains legal in India, raising alarm over poisoning deaths and the ...

Paraquat is a widely used weedkiller. It also may be a serious health risk to its users -- notably, but not just, farmers and their employees. To borrow from English as spoken by the late U.S. Defense ...