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World News · August 13, 2026

California bans paraquat, highly toxic herbicide outlawed in more than 70 countries

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State is US’s largest user of pesticide that is virtually proven to cause Parkinson’s disease California is banning paraquat, a highly toxic, controversial herbicide used across millions of acres of American cropland. Public health advocates characterize it as a deadly substance

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