Paraquat at 63-the story of a controversial herbicide and its regulations: It is time to put people and public health first when regulating paraquat.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Paraquat is one of the most widely used herbicides in the world, despite its high human toxicity and the overwhelming evidence of associated high morbidity and mortality. Due to the significant public health implications of the use of paraquat, there have been calls to severely restrict or ban it in many countries. In this paper, we aim to investigate the regulatory status of paraquat at the national, regional, and international levels, discuss the successes and challenges of regulatory implementation, and review the impact of regulation on the incidence of poisoning and death.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of articles on the regulation of the herbicide paraquat. The review concentrated on interventions to mitigate the negative public health impact of p

SUBMITTER: Utyasheva L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12462389 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature