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Lemon Lyman

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Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2026, 04:05 PM

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Didn't read more than the headline, but good to read. I think this is the herbicide that they think leads to Parkinson's Disease. I remember reading about it being heavily used on things like pistachios. There were higher rates of Parkinson's in the farmworkers who tended to the crops. They'd fly overhead with crop-dusters and spray the crap right on the the crops & workers.

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