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In pesticide-heavy Brazil, could crop dusting be killed off?

Members of an environmental group protest in front of the National Congress in Brasilia against the new pesticide law that eases the trade and use of these products ...

Global Aerospace Provides Insights on Drones vs. Piloted Aircraft for Crop Management, Comparing the Technology, Case Studies, and Real-World Applications

A Guide to Drones in Farming by Global AerospaceMorris Plains, NJ, May 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Low-flying aircraft ...
OPB

EPA updates protections from pesticide drift for farmworkers, communities

Rich Pedroncelli / AP In a push to better protect farmworkers and communities, federal officials will now more closely weigh in on how pesticides that drift away from farm fields harm people.
MLive

23 solar panel workers said pesticides made them sick. Here’s what investigators found.

An investigation into whether a group of construction workers got sick from a crop duster spraying pesticides ended with a state agency unable to confirm that drift was responsible. But the sprayer, ...
Beyond Pesticides

EPA Recognizes Pesticide Drift Poisoning, Responds with Assessments, but Limited Action

(Beyond Pesticides, July 30, 2024) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on July 15 what it described as a new process for evaluating the risks of spray drift—the migration of ...
Beyond Pesticides

Pesticide Drift from Farms Turns Habitat and Open Space into Killing Fields for Bees and Biodiversity, Study Finds

(Beyond Pesticides, September 3, 2025) A study in Environmental Entomology shows that habitat and open space near agricultural fields become a killing field of pesticides, threatening biodiversity due ...
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What is pesticide drift and why is Stanislaus environmental group worried about it?

In the Spotlight is a Modesto Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email tips@modbee.com. Valley Improvement Projects released its ...