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  2. Pesticide drift - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the most negative effects of pesticide application. Drift can damage human health, environment, and crops. [1] [2] Together with runoff and leaching, drift is a mechanism for agricultural pollution. [3] Some drift results from contamination of sprayer tanks. [4] Farmers struggle to minimize pesticide drift and remain productive. [5]

  3. Health effects of pesticides - Wikipedia

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    Almost all humans are exposed to some level of pesticides. [5] For example, pesticide drift, may be a potentially significant source of exposure to the general public. [8] Exposure can occur via ingestion, inhalation, or contact with skin. [9] Some pesticides can remain in the environment for prolonged periods of time.

  4. Pesticide poisoning - Wikipedia

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    This occurs when the pesticide chemicals travel to near by areas leading to exposure to highly toxic airborne chemicals. [48] Pesticide drift is not an isolated occurrence and it happens routinely to those working in the fields and farm-working neighborhoods that reside close to industrial farming. [48]

  5. With hundreds of schools near Iowa farm fields, should ...

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    Hundreds of Iowa schools could be in path of pesticide drift, says environmental group, raising alarm over efforts to strip local protections

  6. Environmental impact of pesticides - Wikipedia

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    Pesticides can enter the body through inhalation of aerosols, dust and vapor that contain pesticides; through oral exposure by consuming food/water; and through skin exposure by direct contact. [96] Pesticides secrete into soils and groundwater which can end up in drinking water, and pesticide spray can drift and pollute the air.

  7. Pesticide incidents in the San Joaquin Valley - Wikipedia

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    From 2013 to 2020 Alpine had been directly involved in causing a multitude of pesticide drift incidents. Pesticide drift involves the migration of pesticide particles into non-regulated areas through the air. [11] Aerial application is the application method that most regularly causes pesticide drift, being the cause of 39% of drift incidents. [12]

  8. The dirty secret of California's legal weed - AOL

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    The Times and WeedWeek testing also found another off-list chemical, propargite, a carcinogenic insecticide that UCLA researchers have linked to brain-cell death and increased incidence of ...

  9. Angelita C. et al. v. California Department of Pesticide ...

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    During the Trump administration the federal EPA downgraded the assessed cancer risk of 1,3-D. [56] The inspector-general of the EPA said the move "could lead to significant increases in exposure levels to humans and affect the pesticide's application rate and level of personal protective equipment required by applicators. The EPA needs to take ...