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UK condemned over 'shocking' export of deadly weedkiller to poorer countries

22-8-2017 < Blacklisted News 55 50 words
 

A highly toxic weedkiller not authorised for use in the EU is being exported to developing countries from a UK factory. Paraquat, a pesticide so lethal that a single sip can be fatal, has caused thousands of accidental deaths and suicides globally, and was outlawed by EU states in 2007.

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