Australia continues to allow the use of pesticides that have been banned by the European Union – and in some cases the United States – because they are harmful to human health or cause significant environmental damage. This includes the highly poisonous chemical paraquat, which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease, and the common herbicide atrazine, which interferes with reproduction and may cause cancer.
Here are 12 of the most toxic pesticides still being used on Australian food crops and animals.
