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One sip of herbicide containing paraquat could kill, but farmers don’t want it banned
There are renewed concerns about a commonly used herbicide so deadly that just one sip could kill you.
Key points:
- Paraquat is a toxic chemical in herbicides used by Australian farmers under strict regulations
- The chemical is banned in more than 30 countries around the world including the UK, Europe, and China
- A BBC investigation has revealed documents that show the product could have been made safer
When Julie Terry’s severely autistic son Damien accidentally drank a herbicide containing the chemical paraquat in 2017, she was told he had 12 hours to live.
“We were told that it’s approximately 10ml that would kill an adult male, which you know is not much more than a sip,” she said.
“So the doctors were pretty convinced that he wouldn’t…
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