Irrigation Districts Must Analyze Pesticide Effect
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From Times Wire Reports
A Sacramento Superior Court judge ruled that three irrigation districts can’t put pesticides into their canals without analyzing the effect they would have on the environment.
Environmental groups had sued the South San Joaquin, Turlock and Merced irrigation districts, charging that they applied pesticides in a way that could harm plants, fish, wildlife and groundwater.
The judge asked the districts to find less harmful alternatives and to seek public comment before applying the chemicals.
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