Managing drift: Written plan is key to dealing with neighbors, agencies

摘要

The influx of residential developments into predominantly agricultural areas can create friction between growers and their new neighbors. It's a problem that has long been occurring in California, but is becoming more common even in more rural states.The chip-producing area around Hastings, Fla., has seen acreage disappear as more houses pop up. In 2007, a group of students tested the air around a local elementary school, and the results prompted the students to call the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), which released the results of its own air quality study in September, Hie group, which is opposed to the use of pesticides, found endosulfan, diazinon, triflufalin andjehlorothalonil in the air - and is calling for the area's farmersto use organic methods, mandatory notification of pesticide use and "pesticide-free zones" around schools and other sensitive sites.