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Drifting pesticides sicken 20 farmworkers in Washington
2015-02-17 07:47:26| Biotech - Topix.net
A cocktail of pesticides sickened 20 farmworkers in a cherry orchard in Washington last April, according to a newly released report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The workers, 19 of whom were women, were the victims of off-target pesticide drift, an occurrence responsible for 31 percent of the state's pesticide-related illnesses.
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ASTM Standard covers nozzles, atomizers used for pesticides.
2014-12-29 14:32:24| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
ASTM E2872, Guide for Determining Cross-Section Averaged Characteristics of a Spray Using Laser-Diffraction Instruments in a Wind Tunnel Apparatus, will help characterize nozzles and atomizers using laser diffraction instruments. Applicable to aerial agricultural spraying, aerial forest sprays, and airblast spraying, standard describes tests relating to use of laser diffraction instrumentation to estimate droplet size distribution for liquid sprays released into moving air streams.
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Showdown looms as California eyes pesticides
2014-11-08 20:15:13| Agriculture - Topix.net
With organic food growers reporting double-digit growth in US sales each year, producers are challenging a proposed California pest-management program they say enshrines a pesticide-heavy approach for decades to come, including compulsory spraying of organic crops at the state's discretion. Chief among the complaints of organic growers: The California Department of Food and Agriculture's pest-management plan says compulsory state pesticide spraying of organic crops would do no economic harm to organic producers, on the grounds that the growers could sell sprayed crops as non-organic instead.
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James Hutton Institute report calls pesticides ban threat to UK food security
2014-10-24 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
A report by scientists at the James Hutton Institute has stated that the European Union's plan of blacklisting up to 40 chemicals will lead to an overall drop in farming income of 1.7bn.
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Monsanto will keep selling seeds treated with pesticides linked to bee deaths
2014-10-21 23:17:46| Chemicals - Topix.net
Monsanto Company and other seed makers plan to keep selling soybeans coated with a pesticide linked to honey bee deaths and which the EPA recently found to produce no benefits to yields.
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