Ban Paraquat Now

The EPA has finally admitted paraquat has "documented safety challenges." Now it must do more than hold a roundtable — it must ban this dangerous herbicide.

Paraquat has been used on U.S. farms for decades, even as research has linked chronic exposure to serious brain health risks, including Parkinson’s disease. Farmworkers, rural communities, and families living near sprayed fields should not have to keep serving as test subjects while regulators study what they already know is dangerous.

The EPA is holding a roundtable this summer to hear from scientists, farmworkers, community advocates, and others about paraquat’s risks, including concerns that it may move beyond treated fields through the air. That is an important step — but it cannot become another delay tactic.

Tell EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin: Ban paraquat now and protect farmworkers, families, and rural communities from needless exposure.

In solidarity,

Action Collective