California is pulling a notorious weedkiller from the market as families in a Southern California community continue to demand answers over a string of rare childhood cancers.

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation announced Monday that the state’s last paraquat pesticide product has been canceled.

Existing stocks must be sold or destroyed within two years.

Paraquat is the active ingredient in heavy-duty commercial weedkillers like Gramoxone, Para-SHOT, Helmquat, Cyclone, and Firestorm.

The move follows years of pressure from farmworker groups, environmentalists and health organizations.

Paraquat has been linked to Parkinson’s disease…

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