Tag: Epidemiological
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Epidemiology Expert Witness’ General Causation Opinion Rejected
This is a multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) in which over 5,000 individual Plaintiffs allege that they developed Parkinson’s disease because of their exposure to an herbicide, paraquat dichloride (“paraquat”). Paraquat is a restricted-use quaternary ammonium herbicide that is used to control weeds in farming operations and other settings around the United States. Defendants, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC…