EPA wants restrictions to protect workers, public from dangerous herbicide
The EPA is taking aim at a widely-used weed control herbicide in the U.S. in an effort to safeguard workers from exposure to it and to stop poisonings caused by accidental ingestion of it.
Since 2000, three works have died and many have suffered severe injuries caused by paraquat getting onto the skin or into the eyes of those working with the herbicide. To reduce exposure to workers who mix, load and apply paraquat, EPA is proposing: