This sounds nasty

[Oliver Buckle]

I just read this,

"Long-term residential exposure to a farm pesticide called chlorpyrifos was linked to more than 2.5 times the risk of developing Parkinson's disease."

Apparently it was banned from public use back in 2001, but it is still widely used in agriculture, and can affect people living locally as well as farm workers, yet another reason to avoid chemical solutions if you can.

 

[roadrunner]

Probably why they're having so many health issues in Iowa

Just one headline:

In a “toxic terrain,” journalism exposes Iowa’s farm pollution problem​

 

[Meadowlark]

Chlorpyrifos goes under the common name of Dursban here in US where it is banned for some uses and not others. Banned in EU since 2020. Bad stuff.

The guys on the TV program "Ag PHD" always pushed that stuff.