( January 2, 2025, 12:22 PM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released a preliminary report on Dec. 30 about potential human health outcomes related to exposure to the pesticide paraquat, determining that overall there are “data gaps relative to impacts to the thyroid and birth defects that may be linked to adverse impacts from the use of paraquat,” and, with respect to an alleged link between paraquat exposure and Parkinson’s disease, “there is currently insufficient evidence to demonstrate a direct causal association with paraquat exposure and the increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.”...