Pomegranate juice takes health for granted

 The Wonderful Company based in California, touts its “iconic, healthy popular pomegranate juice and other products. But it’s also the state’s second-largest user of paraquat – a toxic weedkiller linked to increased risk of Parkinson’s disease and other harms.

In 2021 alone, Wonderful sprayed more than 56,000 pounds of paraquat on fields in the Golden State used to produce pistachios, almonds and pomegranates,