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Pocock faces off with pesticides boss over Australia’s use of weedkiller linked to Parkinson’s and banned in 70 countries

Pesticides authority ruled in June that paraquat could be used with certain conditions, but experts warn the decision risks overlooking scientific evidence Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast While helping their dad tend watermelon, capsicum and tomato crops, Greg Smith and his two older brothers often ended up drenched in weed killer. There were no worries in the 1960s…

Pocock faces off with pesticides boss over Australia’s use of weedkiller linked to Parkinson’s and banned in 70 countries

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