"You Don't Want to Breathe Poison Anymore": The Failing Response to Pesticide Drift in Brazil's Rural Communities
- ISBN-10
- 1623136342
- ISBN-13
- 9781623136345
- Category
- Agricultural pollution
- Pages
- 50
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Author
- Richard Pearshouse
Description
"Throughout rural Brazil, ordinary people face toxic exposures when pesticide spray drifts off target crops during application, or when pesticides vaporize and drift to adjacent areas in the days after spraying. [This report] documents ...
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