In California, Families Win Pesticide Buffer Zone
Posted on February 12, 2009
In Tulare County, California, residents are breathing -- not to mention working, learning and playing -- a little easier after a coalition of concerned families pushed for regulations that create a quarter-mile buffer zone between pesticide spraying and schools, residential neighborhoods, preschools and farm labor camps. This Grassroots Snapshot from the Children's Advocate has the scoop on their success.
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