Bill Allayaud

The feds’ paraquat ploy “blew up in their face,” Allayaud recalls. “Everyone’s like, ‘What, you’re spraying weed that’s being imported into the United States? Are people getting sick smoking it?

California must take decisive action to safeguard public health by enacting this legislation to permanently prohibit paraquat spraying on farms across the state,” said Bill Allayaud, EWG director of government affairs in California. “Paraquat poses a significant threat to the health of farmworkers, their families and surrounding communities.