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Critics Say State Government Fails to Adequately Monitor Agricultural Pesticide Use

Agriculture > Pesticide

May 3, 2005

Pesticide

Tallahassee, FL - Critics say Florida's monitoring and inspection program is drastically understaffed, underfunded and undermined by political pressures that have made it dangerously ineffective. Florida farmers employ 196 pounds of pesticides to grow an acre of tomatoes, according to federal figures. In contrast, California, the country's top agricultural producer, uses 51 pounds. An acre of California oranges requires 18 pounds of those active chemical ingredients, while Florida oranges need 71 pounds an acre.

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