[Market-farming] pesticide drift (was undercutting)

Bill Shoemaker wshoemak at inil.com
Thu Sep 23 16:50:36 EDT 2004


Generally, state departments of ag are responsible for enforcement. There
have been attempts to shift that to EPA but I don't think that's been
successful.

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center

-----Original Message-----
From: Marie Kamphefner <kampy at grm.net>
To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] pesticide drift (was undercutting)


>Regards to the list:
>
>So if pesticide is sprayed nearby and it drifts onto your land and you
>don't want it there, who do you call?
>
><snip>
>By law, pesticides are only to be sprayed on the target crop, nowhere
>else. Enforcement hasn't caught up for some reason.
>
>
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