It was reported on ABC’s landline that a cluster or Parkinson’s disease cases in a Victorian farming community could be linked to the use of paraquat, a broad-spectrum herbicide that allow farmers to target weeds that are resistant to other pesticides like glyphosate.

The chemical is banned in countries including the United Kingdom and China but is still widely used in Australia.

Farmers in the US and Canada are suing the company who own the patent to paraquat, claiming they have developed Parkinson’s disease.

The Greens Primary Industries spokesperson Robert Simms MLC asks the Minister whether she is aware about the potential risk of Parkinson’s disease from exposure to the chemical paraquat, and what action the Government is taking to protect South Australians from exposure to this herbicide?

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