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As herbicide use in rural and forested areas remains a sore point with environmentalists, First Nation groups and some opposition MPPs, Hydro One continues to use chemicals as part of its efforts to control unwanted tree growth in transmission corridors. The utility says it does so in ways that minimize risk, though opponents to the practice maintain non-chemical methods are just as effective and safer for human health. "Herbicides are never used in proximity to open water courses, including riv