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Less than 0.1% of the 2.5 million tons of pesticides applied annually for pest control reaches the target pests. The vast majority of pesticides, over 99.9%, moves into the environment where it can harm human health, beneficial organisms, and contaminate soil, water, and air. Improving application technologies, such as using water-diluted sprays instead of ultra-low volume sprays from aircraft, can increase the amount of pesticide reaching the target area and reduce environmental impacts, but currently a la
- Author
- Luiza Fontes
- Language
- EN