Cotton Australia calls for usage rates of defoliant chemical paraquat to remain - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-29/cotton-australia-calls-usage-rates-chemical-paraquat-remain/104525830

It's banned in more than 67 countries due to its toxicity, but is still widely used in Australia
There is growing scientific evidence linking paraquat to the development of Parkinson's disease

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Cotton Australia calls for usage rates of defoliant chemical paraquat to remain

A cotton industry advocate says dryland crops are at risk if the regulator lowers the usage rate of a chemical that has been linked to Parkinson's disease.

ABC News

In our City Council district we can nominate to put our verge on the Do Not Spray register thus avoiding glyphosate and worse. However a very persistent group of weeds has grown in the crack between the road and the kerb, and resisted all previous efforts at suppression. Yesterday we bought a cheap electric whipper snipper skin to go on our rechargeable battery.

Friends: It Works!

Only thing is I do need a face guard when using it.
#gardening
#noPoisons

So, we occasionally have some mice in the house (even though we have a cat). I've worked on plugging up holes, but some still get through. Rather than use poison, I trap them in Have-A-Heart traps, then release them miles away in rural areas. It's more work than just leaving out poison, but it keeps birds of prey (and our kitty) safe from being poisoned.
#HaveAHeart #MouseTraps #HumaneTraps #NoPoisons