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California may ban a neonic pesticide to protect drinking water

03/30/22 8:16 AM By Brad Hooker
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The Department of Pesticide Regulation is considering new regulations to add for the use of a controversial neonicotinoid to protect drinking water wells from contamination.
KEYWORDS Bayer Crop Science California agriculture Dept. of Pesticide Regulation human health risk from pesticide exposure neonicotinoid class of pesticides pesticide contamination in groundwater drinking wells protecting farmworkers and communities regulatory impacts to California agriculture
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