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The Guardian Article Rating

Paraquat will continue to be used in Australia despite 70 countries banning weedkiller over Parkinson's disease fears

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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-11% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The US Environmental Protection Agency reviewed paraquat in 2021 and has allowed its ongoing use with stronger controls.
53% : The EU and many other nations apply what is known as the precautionary approach to licensing the use of chemicals.
31% : The European Union and the UK banned it in 2007 after a lawsuit found the manufacturer, Sygenta, had not established the safety of the herbicide, and its initial assessment was flawed.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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