Other states – including Arizona, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire and Louisiana – have implemented buffer zones for pesticide spraying around schools. Other states, including Georgia and New Mexico, restrict when pesticides can be sprayed near school..Laws designed to protect our kids from toxic pesticides don’t stop at the school fence. Many states, including Iowa and Kansas, have adopted laws that restrict pesticides from being sprayed in public parks used by children. Dozens of communities have adopted local ordinances to limit pesticide spraying in these parks. The inconvenient truth for pesticide lobbyists is that red states are just as likely to restrict pesticides as blue states.

Source: Washington Post October 12, 2023 09:44 UTC