Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 10/21/20

More than 300 agricultural groups are now raising concerns about a pair of bills introduced in Congress that would tighten regulations over pesticides. If enacted, the bills would also require EPA to immediately ban the sale and use of some pesticides, such as chlorpyrifos, neonicotinoids and paraquat. The Weed Society of America and its affiliates warned in a news release that the bills "would put science in the backseat and let politics drive such decisions."

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