GAO Finds Information Scant About School Pesticide Use
Washington
Little is known about the use of pesticides in and around schools, a federal report released last week concludes.
Federal law contains no specific provisions about the use of pesticides in schools and on school campuses, the study by the General Accounting Office found, and comprehensive nationwide information on the amount of pesticides used in the nation's 110,000 public schools is not available.
The GAO also notes the scarcity of information about illnesses related to pesticide exposure, and the absence of standard criteria for...
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