1970’s Wee Waa NSW. Health Concerns Cotton Pesticides My locationGet Directions 8.9 Community exposure to pesticides Communities have an increasing concern about the use and safety of pesticides. The past 20 years or so has seen a number of communities express concern over potential and/or perceived adverse health effects of pesticides in use in adjoining or previous agricultural production. Table 7.9 briefly summarises a number of these events. Late 1970’s, Wee Waa NSW, Cotton, Mainly Agricultural Concerns, North West Pesticide Committee, ongoing interagency committee http://www.aghealth.org.au/tinymce_fm/uploaded/Research%20Reports/health_safety_aus_farming_community_2000.pdf