Green America is backing the Paraquat Prevention Act (HR 9357), a practical step toward ending paraquat use in the United States while broader pesticide reforms move forward.
Paraquat is a weedkiller designed to kill any plant it touches. It’s used to wipe fields clean before planting and to dry out crops before harvest. More than one million people in the US are living with Parkinson’s disease, and evidence increasingly links chemical exposures like paraquat to the risk of developing it. Yet it’s still sprayed on US farm fields while more than 70 countries, including China, have banned it.
Vermont has already acted, and regulatory pressure led to the cancellation of paraquat uses in California. With proven options like mechanical weeding, living mulches, and grazing, there’s no reason to keep spraying it. Ask your members of Congress to co-sponsor this bill and push leadership to advance it without delay!
Tell Congress to ban Paraquat now!
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