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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)