Environmental Working Group: Syngenta Stopping Global Paraquat Production Doesn't End Need for States to Enact Bans
March 04, 2026
March 04, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release on March 3, 2026:
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Syngenta stopping global paraquat production doesn't end need for states to enact bans
The Environmental Working Group welcomes Syngenta's announcement today that it will cease production of the toxic weedkiller paraquat. But it doesn't change the fact that U.S. state legislators must keep fighting to ban the notorious chemical.
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Syngenta stopping global paraquat production doesn't end need for states to enact bans
The Environmental Working Group welcomes Syngenta's announcement today that it will cease production of the toxic weedkiller paraquat. But it doesn't change the fact that U.S. state legislators must keep fighting to ban the notorious chemical.