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Committee hears paraquat concerns, agency proposes permit‑based use through 2030 while EPA reviews volatilization data
Summary
Agency staff described both the human‑health risks associated with paraquat and limited current use in Vermont orchards; staff said a manufacturer plans to stop supporting a product and proposed allowing paraquat use by written permit through Nov. 1, 2030 while the Agricultural Innovation Board studies substitutes.
The Senate Agriculture Committee discussed a House-passed bill that would restrict the use and sale of the herbicide paraquat amid new EPA scrutiny.
Steve Collier of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture told the committee paraquat is not widely used state‑wide but is important to some orchard operations. Collier summarized worker and bystander human‑health concerns and recent manufacturer actions: "Senta told us that they…
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