http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=668 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Thu, 16 May 2013 16:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=668#comment-75082 Pat Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:40:39 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=668#comment-75082 Pesticide drift is certainly an issue but the air quality inside the building is not mentioned in the article. A big problem with pesticides is the hazardous products that occur as they decompose. Extensive indoor air quality testing should be done inside the buildings. Many of the schools are now sealed and have fresh air intakes that are right in line with the pesticide drift. A closed building can easily become a gas chamber for students and staff as the fresh air intake units carry the pesticides and the hazardous products of decomposition into the buildings.

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