Monday, July 23, 2012

Pesticide drift

  • Bonnie Wirtz recalls the nurse practitioners private words as she was released from a rural Minnesota hospital last month: I want to let you know that you are not the first person Ive seen that has come in for this.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • That's what some area residents want others to at least think about as they launch their next round of efforts to study pesticide drift in the lakes region.
  • (DL-Online)
  • "If there's any pesticide it's a concern "But I don't see how I can not get drift." Rogers and his wife pulled all their feed and water troughs inside during the night and spread tarps over the coops.
  • (Abington Mariner)
  • A recent decision from a district court in Delta County could affect the view of trespassing, aerial spraying and the restitution available to farmers who lose crops due to drift.
  • (Boulder Clarion)
  • The Smiths have joined the fight for pesticide awareness, along with a dozen more in the region. Using drift catchers theyre collecting research, showing chemicals in the air.
  • (AG Week)
  • But the investigators did not appear to consider the possibility of pesticide drift or runoff from neighboring property in the intensively farmed region, or test for currently used pesticides like bifenthrin – only ones banned decades ago.
  • (Salem-News.Com)
  • saw the Fyfanon drift onto their property." Testing by state officials discovered malathion not only on Macalpine and Bilchak's property, but in their home.
  • (AllGov)
  • It will also include warnings about not applying pesticides when it is windy, or not allowing the pesticide to drift or run off. The pesticide label always contains a signal word that will tell you how toxic the product is to humans.
  • (Augusta Chronicle)
  • The judge also said the Hoppers could only apply the pesticide when winds would not cause it to drift onto their neighbor's property.
  • (The Spokesman-Review)

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