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Bill seeks to ban the use of aerial herbicides in Maine forests Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, a logger and the bill s sponsor, said aerial application of glyphosate and other herbicides has caused irreversible environmental damage. Share AUGUSTA The Maine Legislature is considering a bill to ban aerial application of an herbicide used by large forest management companies for decades that has been linked to cancer and environmental damage. L.D. 125, sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, seeks to prohibit aerial application of the plant killer glyphosate and other synthetic herbicides often used in combination with clear-cutting to manage the tree species that grow on industrial forestland.

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