The Environmental Protection Agency says it will continue to allow limited aerial applications of paraquat. The interim registration reverses protections proposed last year to ban aerial application of the herbicide.
The agency says aerial applications will be limited to a maximum of 350 acres per applicator within a 24-hour period for all uses except cotton desiccation, where there are no acreage limitations.
Paraquat has been subject to lawsuits that claim there is a link between exposure to the herbicide and Parkinson’s Disease.
