Australia's cotton industry says it is safe to keep using controversial chemical paraquat
By Alys Marshall
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.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-29/cotton-australia-calls-usage-rates-chemical-paraquat-remain/104525830
#CottonGrowing #AgriculturalChemicals #AlysMarshall
ABC Feeds /
npub1ds…zwuqx
2024-10-29 02:10:01
Author Public Key
npub1dske6kzyp65lqcnmnsef9cgdrhglpstrqahgfu0qe962uahgwsystzwuqxSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2024-10-29 02:10:01Event JSON
{
"id": "1ec3a3453878bb4fb47ce795c9c9378cc814c37e02f7d5603c006f56c341cd23",
"pubkey": "6c2d9d58440ea9f0627b9c3292e10d1dd1f0c163076e84f1e0c974ae76e87409",
"created_at": 1730167801,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"alysmarshall"
],
[
"t",
"cottongrowing"
],
[
"t",
"agriculturalchemicals"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/113388277037417581",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://rssfeed.media/users/abcfeeds/statuses/113388277037417581",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://rssfeed.media/users/abcfeeds/statuses/113388277037417581",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Australia's cotton industry says it is safe to keep using controversial chemical paraquat\nBy Alys Marshall\n\nA 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.\n\nhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-29/cotton-australia-calls-usage-rates-chemical-paraquat-remain/104525830\n\n#CottonGrowing #AgriculturalChemicals #AlysMarshall",
"sig": "f64914712842f58a67c922f85ac35abf7d750c2526b297502a356e07a8ad0b077bc4a9a7c38f73010ff2f6b540109b71aa2917b8c1d2106fba18d6ee4fac2846"
}