Vermont Is First State to Ban Paraquat
About this episode
Vermont has become the first state to ban paraquat, a herbicide linked to health concerns.
Well it finally happened! One of our 50 states has decided to ban the herbicide that got no-till started in the early years before glyphosate came along. It happened in Vermont, a state with an extremely low acceptance of no-till that has decided to ban the use of paraquat amid growing concerns about links between paraquat exposure and Parkinson’s disease.
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