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America is Still Using Diquat, a Toxic Weedkiller Banned in Much of the World
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I learned about this stuff tangenitally from The Big Lebowski because I had to look up what a "human paraquat" was the first time I saw it.
Unfortunately, I know about it because of a truly horrifying British PSA ("Apaches") from before it was banned about the dangers of playing on a farm. Among other things, one of the children has a doll tea party and uses bottles and bowls for props. She meant to only pretend to drink from an unmarked brown clay bottle...