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Conservation and public health groups today called on the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to reevaluate approval of the herbicide paraquat and ban its use in the state. Banned in 58 countries, paraquat is one of the most lethal herbicides still approved for use in the United States and has been linked to Parkinson’s disease.

On September 23, 2021, several farmworker groups, green groups, and health organizations challenged EPA's reapproval of paraquat dichloride. Paraquat dichloride, known simply as paraquat...