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Ban on toxic mercury looms in sugar cane farming, but Australia still has a way to go

  • Written by Larissa Schneider, DECRA fellow, Australian National University
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This month, federal authorities finally announced an upcoming ban on mercury-containing pesticide in Australia. We are one of the last countries in the world to do so, despite overwhelming evidence over more than 60 years that mercury use as fungicide in agriculture is dangerous.

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