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The human cost of a deadly weed killer: banning of paraqua in Telangana
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In March, Telangana banned paraquat, one of the world’s most widely used and highly toxic weedicides, becoming only the third State in India to do so. The herbicide is responsible for hundreds of deaths each year, most of them by taking their own lives, and some accidental. Serish Nanisetti reports
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