Chapter 45: Farbens Paraquat

Syngenta is the name of the bio-pharmaceutical side of the Novartis(Farben)/ AstraZeneca partnership deals made in 2000. (301) Syngenta markets "Gramoxone" in over one hundred countries. Gramoxone contains paraquat. (302) Paraquat is often used on bananas, cocoa, coffee, cotton, pineapple, rubber and sugar. (303)

It is famous for being used by American police services against cannabis plants, farmers and users. (304)

There is no specific treatment for Paraquat poisoning. The outcome depends on the severity of exposure. The affected person may develop mild respiratory symptoms with full recovery, permanent pulmonary changes, or, if the exposure was large and acute (as in ingestion), death may occur. (305) The campaign "stop Paraquat" demands the production stop of all pesticides from Syngenta. (306)

Armed with the more potent herbicide Spike (tebuthiuron), the US is now pushing to use that defoliant in the drug war. Manufactured by (Farben-linked) Dow AgroSciences (307), the use of tebuthiuron has been hawked in Congress by Rep. Dan Bunon (R-IN) - a longtime recipient of money from both (Bush-linked) Eli Lilly and Dow. (308)

(301) www.thecampaign.org/newsupdates/decemberb.htm

(302) www.syngenta.com/en/products_services/gramoxone_page.asp

(303) Campaign: Stop Paraquat: translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u= - www.medicusmundi.ch/news/021002.htm&prev=/search?q=Paraquat invented by&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=G

(304) www.unodc.org/odccp/bulletin/bulletin_1977-01-01_1_page008.html

(305) www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001085.htm

(306) Campaign: Stop Paraquat - translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u= - www.medicusmundi.ch/news/021002.htm&prev=/search?q=Paraquat invented by&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=G

(307) "The Drug Story" p. 8

(308) mycoherbicide.net/NEWS/CAQ-Hogshire/Hogshire.htm


Each of these products has paraquat:

Los siguientes son productos que contienen o que son derivados del Paraquat:

ACTOR
AGROQUAT
ATILA
CEKUQUAT
CHAPEADOR
CRISQUAT
DAVIQUAT
DEXURON
CAFESAQUAT
CASUKU
ESCOPETA
ESGRAM
EXPRONE
FEDEXONE
FORMUQUAT
FUEGO
GOLDQUAT
GRAMECOOP
GRAMINEX
GRAMOCIL
GRAMONOL
GRAMOXONE
GRAMURAN
HERBAXONE
HERBIQUAT
HERQUAT
INVERQUAT
KAYQUAT
K-QUAT
MALEXON
PILARXONE
PREGLONE
QUATZONE
REGLONE
RADEX-D
SERAXONE
SERQUAT
ULTRAGRASS
WEEDOL
http://www.rap-al.org/acciones/paraquat.html

In 1969, Richard Nixon initiated "Operation Intercept", a program designed to stem the flow of Mexican marijuana into this country. The program forced Mexico to use paraquat on its marijuana fields. In similar actions, pressure was put on Thailand, Colombia, and Jamaica to curtail imports to the U.S. Mexican marijuana farmers in efforts to salvage their crops still harvested the marijuana and continued to sell the paraquat-laced marijuana to users in Mexico and the United States. There were no reported cases of death occurring from smoking the paraquat-laced marijuana but users reported nosebleeds, headaches, vomiting, and breathing disorders. Paraquat has since been banned for the large scale destruction of marijuana feilds.

http://chemweb.calpoly.edu/chem/bailey/377/PapersF2000/Jeff/mariJ.htm