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• The EPA announced it will ‘freshly reassess’ the safety of the controversial weedkiller paraquat, news that was celebrated by supporters of the Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
• In fact, the agency is not starting a new evaluation. The agency is continuing some work begun by the Biden administration EPA, in response to lawsuits. That doesn’t include evaluating new evidence on the chemical’s links to Parkinson’s disease, which many health experts say is now robust.
• Health advocates warn that the EPA is not doing enough to protect people from the deadly herbicide, which has been banned in 74 other countries.