Report: California paraquat use concentrated in poor, Latino communities

Between 2017 and 2021, 5.3 million pounds of the herbicide paraquat were sprayed on California fields, with 66 percent of that applied in five Central Valley counties whose residents are predominantly poor and Latino, according to a new Environmental Working Group analysis. Paraquat, which the Environmental Protection Agency considers too toxic for use on golf… » Read More

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