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California bans paraquat, highly toxic herbicide outlawed in more than 70 countries
(www.theguardian.com)
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I thought paraquat wasn't used anymore. It got a lot of attention in the 70s when it was divulged that it was being sprayed on marijuana. SNL did jokes about sending in your weed to be checked by the cast.
After Biden banned glyphosate, Trump entered office and had the EPA relax restrictions on paraquat so Monsanto could change their Roundup formula and keep selling tons of carcinogenic poison.
The national forest service under Trump is now spraying actual tons of Roundup all over the ground cover in forests, particularly in California as part of the orange diaper man's personal revenge against states that don't like him.
JFC
Bruh, talk about salting the earth
Yeah, every river is devoid of any life, and the wildfires will become exponentially worse.
Paraquat has mostly been used on alfalfa hay recently in California. However it's sprayed on all sorts of stuff from cotton to peanuts. It has an extensive label and is still used quite extensively in the U.S.
Paraquat causes Parkinson disease.