Senate Bill Would Ban Broad Swath Of Pesticides

By Chuck Abbott

Successful Farming

The United States would ban the use of two classes of insecticides — organophosphates and neonicotinoids — and the herbicide paraquat under a bill unveiled by Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey on Monday.

More than 100 pesticides would be affected, including chlorpyrifos, recently slated by the EPA for termination as an agricultural aid.

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