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EJs publish findings from controversial air monitoring effort

09/12/24 10:40 AM By Brad Hooker
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Activists donning backpack air monitors have garnered scorn from farmers claiming they trespassed after pesticide applications. With UC Davis public health researchers, the advocates have published the results.
KEYWORDS California agriculture California Air Resources Board pesticide monitoring protecting socially disadvantaged communities from environmental impacts spray drift exposure to workers and bystanders toxic pesticides impact children
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