Lobbyists must be slinging a lot of cash (as usual) to remove protections. Perhaps their children should find themselves in the danger zones too, it would only be fair.
> Two-hundred-foot pesticide spray “buffer zones” around 4,028 U.S. elementary schools contiguous to crop fields—according to data evaluated by Environmental Working Group—are threatened by potential Farm Bill amendments now under consideration. Legislative language, if adopted, would take away (preempt) the authority of states and local jurisdictions to protect children and restrict agricultural pesticides used near schools.
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>According to the EWG data, more than 30 states have adopted standards to restrict pesticides near schools. For example, in Alabama, aerial applications of pesticides are prohibited within 400 feet of school grounds, and, in Louisiana, aerial application is prohibited within 1000 feet of schools. At the local level, there are hundreds of ordinances to safeguard the public from pesticides. San Diego, California has an ordinance that restricts pesticides within 1/4 mile and (25 feet with a power sprayer) from daycares and elementary schools between 6 am and 6 pm Monday through Friday. Cleveland Heights, Ohio passed an ordinance to prohibit “cosmetic pesticides and herbicides on public grounds” which includes schools and daycare centers.
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Lobbyists must be slinging a lot of cash (as usual) to remove protections. Perhaps their children should find themselves in the danger zones too, it would only be fair.
> Two-hundred-foot pesticide spray “buffer zones” around 4,028 U.S. elementary schools contiguous to crop fields—according to data evaluated by Environmental Working Group—are threatened by potential Farm Bill amendments now under consideration. Legislative language, if adopted, would take away (preempt) the authority of states and local jurisdictions to protect children and restrict agricultural pesticides used near schools.
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>According to the EWG data, more than 30 states have adopted standards to restrict pesticides near schools. For example, in Alabama, aerial applications of pesticides are prohibited within 400 feet of school grounds, and, in Louisiana, aerial application is prohibited within 1000 feet of schools. At the local level, there are hundreds of ordinances to safeguard the public from pesticides. San Diego, California has an ordinance that restricts pesticides within 1/4 mile and (25 feet with a power sprayer) from daycares and elementary schools between 6 am and 6 pm Monday through Friday. Cleveland Heights, Ohio passed an ordinance to prohibit “cosmetic pesticides and herbicides on public grounds” which includes schools and daycare centers.
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