MPN Executive Director Ruth Berlin makes her case for passing the Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Act (SB 675 and HB 775) in the Annapolis Capital Gazette, “Why Maryland needs pesticide reporting, February 23, 2013. The law would mandate establishment of an online reporting system to collect basic information on potentially toxic chemicals applied […]
Read More… from Op-Ed: Why Maryland Needs Pesticide Reporting
Check out this terrific op-ed from representatives of the Maryland Chapter of the Academy of Pediatrics and the Baltimore Physicians for Social Responsibility, in support of our Smart on Pesticides Maryland campaign. The campaign calls for the 2013 Maryland General Assembly to pass a bill requiring pesticide applicators, as well as sellers of restricted […]
Read More… from Op-Ed: We Need More Information About Pesticides
(Beyond Pesticides, April 29, 2011) The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has announced a new online tool under development designed to protect sensitive crops from unintended herbicide exposure as a result of pesticide spray drift. Called the Sensitive Crop Locator Database, the tool would enable growers of grapes, tomatoes, tobacco, fruit trees, ornamentals and […]
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