These studies have been circulated for decades past, however, a small few have worked over-time at dispelling fact in favor of fiction. You decide for yourself:

 

Published news on pesticide use: 

 

Paraquat, banned in 70+ countries yet still approved for use in the U.S., linked to Parkinson’s Disease:

https://www.apdaparkinson.org/article/the-relationship-between-pesticides-and-parkinsons/

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Widely used pesticide linked to more than doubled Parkinson’s risk:

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/release/widely-used-pesticide-linked-more-doubled-parkinsons-risk

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Recognized link between Crohn’s (Inflammatory Bowel) Disease and Pesticide Use: 

https://aghealth.nih.gov/news/2024.html

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Kidney Cancer and impaired Kidney function linked to Pesticide Use:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32692250/

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Pesticide use linked to Systemic Autoimmune Disorders:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31354699/

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Pesticide use leads to increased risk of thyroid cancer:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33126065/

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Living closer than 2600 feet to an agriculture area found to increase risk of brain cancer:

https://www.ashlandmass.com/DocumentCenter/View/456/Studies-Contained-in-the-Pesticide-Reduction-Resource-Guide-PDF

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Immune-Mediated Diseases like Shingles correlative with pesticide use:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34319145/

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Pesticide exposure in humans has been associated with birth defects, learning disorders, respiratory illness, brain cancer, leukemia, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, neurological disorders including Parkinson's disease, brain damage, hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder symptoms, low sperm count, testicular cancer, male infertility, immune system problems, and hormonal activity:

https://www.mass.gov/doc/pesticide-reduction-resource-guide-for-citizens-municipalities/download

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Parkinson’s Disease Consistently linked to Pesticide Exposure:

https://publichealthwatch.org/2026/06/03/parkinsons-pesticides-texas-rio-grande-valley/

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Link exists between Pesticide use and hypothyroidism risk:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30256155/

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150% Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease with Pesticide Exposure:

https://www.americanbrainfoundation.org/environmental-toxins-and-parkinsons-disease/

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Cancer patients found to have higher pesticide residues in fat tissue:

https://www.chem-tox.com/cancerchildren/#residues

 

EPA-Registered Herbicide Linked to onset MS symptoms:

https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2019/02/epa-registered-herbicide-found-to-trigger-inflammation-linked-to-onset-of-multiple-sclerosis/

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Incidences of Dementia and Parkinson’s Influenced by Pesticide Exposure:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10694508/

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Common grass and weed herbicide linked to multiple sclerosis:

https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/2019/01/21/linuron-herbicide-may-boost-immune-system-inflammatory-signals-linked-to-ms/

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Increased cases of brain and central nervous system cancers in U.S. from 2014 to 2018; highly probable connection to pesticide use:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8431399/

 

Pesticide use around homes and farms linked to childhood leukemia, brain tumors:

https://usrtk.org/healthwire/pesticide-use-linked-to-childhood-leukemia-brain-tumors

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Neurotoxicants from Pesticides have been found in umbilical cord blood post-natal, underscoring link between childhood cancers and exposure:

https://coeh.ph.ucla.edu/2021/04/05/childhood-brain-tumors-linked-to-mothers-exposure-to-pesticides/

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Markers pointing to reduction in child neurodevelopment causal of pesticide exposure:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935124001269