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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
https://www.aghealth.org.au/tinymce_fm/uploaded/Research%20Reports/health_safety_aus_farming_community_2000.pdf
1970’s Wee Waa NSW. Health Concerns Cotton Pesticides
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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
https://www.aghealth.org.au/tinymce_fm/uploaded/Research%20Reports/health_safety_aus_farming_community_2000.pdf
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