BBC UK
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Syngenta insists there is no evidence of a Parkinson's link to Paraquat , which is made in the UK .
But the company admits it only looked at death certificates, rather than the medical records, of workers at its Widnes site.
Charity Parkinson's UK is calling for "more robust and independent research" into any link between pesticides and Parkinson's.
EPA : "No scientist or doctor has ever concluded in a peer-reviewed scientific analysis that Paraquat causes Parkinson's" Syngenta says it has spent millions of dollars over decades to stay abreast of the independent scientific literature related to the safety of the herbicide.
Leading expert Professor Bas Bloem insists "scientists across the globe are convinced" Paraqua is a cause of Parkinson's.
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