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Formula is a smart, nutritionally sound choice for parents in Hawaii who choose not to or are unable to breastfeed their children. There are many benefits to using formula, including eliminating the need for working moms to pump and making it easier for family and friends to help feed a new baby. Unfortunately, there are rare risks associated with formula use. Newborn infants are susceptible to a gastrointestinal disease called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). (more…)

The condition known as “Paraquat tongue” may be one of the lesser-known side effects of exposure to the weedkilling chemical paraquat dichloride. Through research, we have gradually become more and more aware of the terrible effects that Paraquat can have on the human body. For the past several decades, increasingly greater attention has been given to the herbicide’s link to Parkinson’s disease. And, more recently, the associations between Paraquat exposure and prenatal defects have come to be acknowledged by the scientific community and the larger public. (more…)

Paraquat is a powerful herbicide that’s currently only approved for commercial use in the United States. It’s several more times more powerful than weed killers like Roundup, which contain glyphosate and are approved for household use, but is also consequently several times more toxic to humans. Paraquat is toxic enough that it can cause death instantly when ingested, but what makes it most dangerous might be the fact that research suggests that any type of exposure—even from just living or working near a farm where the herbicide has[...]

Two popular weed killers—Paraquat and glyphosate (better known as Roundup) are currently being heavily scrutinized by medical and legal experts in the U.S. due to hundreds of individuals and family members who are coming forward with diagnoses of Parkinson’s disease and cancer, namely non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Evidence so far has shown that there are links between exposure to each of the herbicides and the diseases that those coming forward have been diagnosed with. As a result, individuals are now able to file lawsuits against the manufacturers of both. (more…)

The weedkiller Paraquat is so dangerous that, in order for it to be sold in the United States, it must be dyed blue as a warning, scented to discourage contact, and laced with a vomit-inducing agent in case it is swallowed. Not only is it highly poisonous upon immediate contact, but it has also been shown to cause Parkinson’s disease and birth defects. Yet it can still be legally sold and used in the United States. This is not the case in the rest of the world. Paraquat[...]