Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏<p><a href="https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/paraquat-imports-climb-despite-concerns-about-health-impacts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenewlede.org/2025/10/paraqua</span><span class="invisible">t-imports-climb-despite-concerns-about-health-impacts/</span></a> "Sales in US 'helping to prop up demand for a toxic product with a shrinking global market,' the report states.<br>'The health and environmental harms of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/paraquat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paraquat</span></a> will be felt in US communities for generations – while the profits from paraquat sales largely flow outside the US, to a foreign-owned mega conglomerate,' the report states.…'Its place in our innovation-focused portfolio reflects primarily our commitment to farmers who value paraquat for its effectiveness in protecting agriculturally important crops such as <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/soy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soy</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corn</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/rice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rice</span></a> against invasive weeds,' the company spokesperson said.…US trade policy under [47] has encouraged continued imports of paraquat, the report notes, citing the administration’s exemption of paraquat (among other ag products) from tariffs imposed in April (<a href="https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/04/key-ag-inputs-exempt-from-new-reciprocal-tariffs/#:~:text=April%207%2C%202025,exemptions%20to%20any%20new%20duties.%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/key-ag-inputs-exempt-from-new-reciprocal-tariffs/#:~:text=April%207%2C%202025,exemptions%20to%20any%20new%20duties.%E2%80%9D</span></a>) on Chinese imports. And in May, the USDA rescinded a requirement (<a href="https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/pesticide-news/2025-05-29-usda-rescinds-federal-restricted-use-pesticide-recordkeeping#:~:text=The%20USDA%20recently%20rescinded%20a,of%20the%20restricted%20use%20pesticide" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">extension.illinois.edu/blogs/p</span><span class="invisible">esticide-news/2025-05-29-usda-rescinds-federal-restricted-use-pesticide-recordkeeping#:~:text=The%20USDA%20recently%20rescinded%20a,of%20the%20restricted%20use%20pesticide</span></a>) that US farmers keep records of all their use of paraquat and certain other pesticides"</p>