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Cheap, effective and dangerous: How Australian farmers came to depend on the toxic weedkiller paraquat
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It is illegal to use paraquat in at least 74 jurisdictions worldwide, including the European Union, China, Malaysia, Brazil and, most recently, the U.S. state of Vermont.
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