Countryfile viewers horrified as BBC reveals terrifying link between popular weedkiller and deadly disease
thesun.co.ukCOUNTRYFILE viewers were shocked to learn there may be a link between a popular pesticide and Parkinson's Disease. BBC reporter Claire Marshall visited a number of farmers who had Parkinson's Disease who believed their illness might be linked to a pesticide they'd used for years.
She spoke to one woman Julie Plumley whose father died after being diagnosed Parkinson’s Disease and who believed it was use of the pesticide, Paraquat that caused it. “John who died in 2016 always believed his illness was linked to the chemicals he was exposed to on the farm," Claire explained. “One particularly toxic weed killer he used was called Paraquat.” Julie told how her dad and other farmer's of his generation did not practice the same health and safety guidelines as they do today. “Obviously we didn’t have the equipment people have got now so everything was done by hand.
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