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House committee report advances bill to phase out paraquat over safety concerns
Summary
The Vermont House advanced H.739, a strike-all bill to phase out and ban the herbicide paraquat citing acute toxicity and studies linking exposure to Parkinson’s disease; the Agriculture Committee reported the measure favorably and the House amended the bill and ordered third reading.
Representative O'Brien, reporting for the House Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry Committee, laid out why the committee recommends amending H.739, a strike‑all bill to phase out and ban the herbicide paraquat. "Paraquat is highly toxic," O'Brien said, adding: "If you actually ingest a teaspoon, you're dead." He told members the measure balances public‑health concerns with farming needs by permitting limited, tracked use under Secretary of…
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