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Use of this 2,4-D weed killer is exploding in Illinois farming country

If you live in Champaign County, odds are youโ€™re close to soybean fields โ€“ and to the weed killers sprayed on them.  A new analysis by Tufts University researchers found that 45% of the countyโ€™s residents lived near heavy 2,4-D use in 2023, nearly double the share in 2017. Statewide, farmers applied more than 2 […]

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