Breaking news, friend –

Leaked corporate documents have exposed Syngenta’s attempts to cover up paraquat’s, a popular weedkiller, links to Parkinson’s disease.

Ground-breaking investigative reporting from the New Lede and the Guardian has exposed hundreds of pages of Syngenta’s internal documents. These documents prove the chemical giant has known since the 1970s that paraquat could accumulate in the brain. But they hid that information from regulators – they lied repeatedly, claiming it could not cross the blood-brain barrier. Even Syngenta’s own research showed the weedkiller could harm the brain.

Paraquat remains one of the most widely used pesticides in the U.S., even though it’s been banned in China, the EU and the UK. We can’t allow chemical giants to continue putting profit over public health. We need your help! Complete our quick survey before midnight tonight – it will help us formulate our plans to get paraquat and other toxic pesticides out of our environment.