Carol Dansereau
Carol Dansereau
advance children community cry far farms given mile needed notice owners property proposed protect rule select within zone
The proposed rule is a far cry from what is needed to protect farmers, workers, and children from pesticide drift. It makes no sense to give notice only to select property owners when the whole community should be notified. Also, the notification zone is too small. We would like to see all property owners within one mile of farms given advance notice of pesticide application.
declines feeling glad lower main needs percentage prior problem serious workers
We're glad that the percentage is lower than the prior year. But our main feeling is that when you have one out of every 10 workers having these significant declines in cholinesterase, you've got a serious problem that needs to be addressed.