Nations that have banned paraquat in white

Source from Feb, 2026 by EWG (Environmental Working Group). If anyone has a more updated version, feel free to share it

Notes:
Myanmar:

From 1 April [2026] onwards, paraquat will no longer be permitted to be registered, imported, sold, formulated or repackaged in Myanmar

Canada:

In Canada, Syngenta was the only paraquat manufacturer with a registered product. Syngenta discontinued registering its product in Canada in 2023 following updated risk-mitigation efforts. Although there is not an outright ban, no paraquat products are sold in Canada.

India:

The draft 'Banning of Paraquat Dichloride Order, 2026', issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, was published in the Gazette of India on July 13 and will remain open for public comments for 30 days before a final decision is taken. Did it pass? I cant find much on it

In the USA before California's ban a couple of days ago:

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[–] 35 points 2 months ago

Don’t worry, the US is going to bring freedom and paraquat to Greenland.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Map of the New first world countries

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    Huh. Seems like more countries than that ought to ban it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago*

    One of the areas where, interestingly enough, the supranational union called EU, is acting more unified and faster than the federal nation state USA.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago*

    As an American I was expecting it to be everyone but the US. Gotta give it more time I guess.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Rare pennsylvania w

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Final section on Wikipedia has more about the Parkinson's link.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    There are numerous other brands of paraquat sold in Canada.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    The only real surprise is Norway. I obviously expected the US and Russia to be some underwater shitholes and I also expected China to actually be on the right side... But Norway? Or do they just don't give a fuck because they never wanted it anyways.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 months ago

    Store Norske Leksikon (Great Norwegian Encyclopedia), which is owned by Norwegian universities and other non-profit organizations, says it was banned as early as the 1980s, but I have not been able to find any documentation on it

    The closest was an archived page:

    Norway (01.01.81)
    «The product has been voluntarily withdrawn from the market». (UN/DESA 2004). Effective date 1981

    Registration cancelled (PAN 1996) Not registered by the Norwegian Agricultural Inspection Service (Registered pesticides: not listed in September 2005) Document

    However the link to said document is dead and it is not available on the Way Back Machine. Perhaps it is under the same situation as Canada?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The picture is wrong. It has been banned in Norway since the 1980s, same as Sweden. Then in 2004, the EU messed up and approved it. When Sweden and some other countries made a storm, it got banned again in the EU 2007.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, after reading this section, from "Adaptations to the regulation [(EC) No 1107/2009] and transitional measures":

    Plant protection products approved in Norway before regulation 1107/2009/EC entered into force 1 June 2015, may continue to be kept on the market pending the zonal re-registration procedure in the EU.

    I would consider it as good as banned, seen that it was not registered in 2005, and no re-registration as of 2026

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Didn't expect to see Nepal on the bright side at first, because of the dark shade on that part of the subcontinent.

    But after zooming in.

    Woo, Nice!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Is it weird that I came to know about paraquat because of a line in The Big Lebowski?

    "You... You human paraquat!"

    Had to look up what it was to understand the insult lol

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Look Canada is behind again, thanks Mark Carney.

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  • Keep in mind that the green is only states that are considering legislation, not states that have banned it. Also, I have to wonder how many of these states actually considering it or just saying they are considering it in order to shut people up? 🤔

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    And California.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Shame on you, Norway.

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  • [+] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)