Thu Mar 24 2016 (Updated 03/25/16)
CA Department of Pesticide Regulation Releases Results of Annual Pesticide Use Reporting
![Countywide Agricultural Pesticide Use Up 10% in Monterey and 9.4% in Santa Cruz](/web/20160405194925im_/https://www.indybay.org/uploads/admin_uploads/2016/03/24/pesticides_lrg.jpg)
After conducting an analysis of the 2014 data, Mark Weller, co-director of Californians for Pesticide Reform, released the following statement: “Pesticides, whether they are sprayed, fumigated or air blasted, are used in troubling amounts across California. This is particularly true and concerning near the state’s most vulnerable populations, including schoolchildren." In particular, use of Dow’s cancer-causing soil fumigant Telone (1,3-Dichloropropene) increased with use more concentrated on fewer acres. Use of the soil fumigant chloropicrin also increased to the highest levels reported in California in at least a decade, and saw double digit percentage increases in Monterey (12.3%) and Santa Cruz (18.3%) Counties.
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Previous Coverage: New Report: Fumigant Pesticides Put Central Coast Communities At Risk | California's New “Recommended Restrictions” for Chloropicrin are Inadequate | Groundbreaking Report Finds High Rates of Pesticide Use Near Monterey County Schools