California considers a ban on paraquat | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

A progressive lawmaker is pushing to ban the herbicide to protect farmworkers and communities. But ag groups are refuting the claims and trying to rapidly educate lawmakers on the complex and robust regulatory process already in place.

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