Regulations Work: Pesticide Exposure Down
According to a new study by United States Geological Survey:
Click here for reuse options!From 1992 to 2001, 17 percent of agricultural streams and 5 percent of other streams contained at least one pesticide whose average annual concentration was above the maximum contaminant level for drinking water. But in the second decade, from 2002 to 2011, the survey found dangerous pesticide concentrations in only one stream nationwide.
The decline occurred in part because manufacturers introduced new pesticides that are less toxic or require smaller applications than older compounds. Much of it was driven by regulatory actions that canceled or restricted the use of particularly hazardous pesticides like dieldrin and lindane.
Copyright 2014 Liberaland
By: Stuart Shapiro
Stuart is a professor and the Director of the Public Policy
program at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. He teaches economics and cost-benefit analysis and studies
regulation in the United States at both the federal and state levels.
Prior to coming to Rutgers, Stuart worked for five years at the Office
of Management and Budget in Washington under Presidents Clinton and
George W. Bush.
14 responses to Regulations Work: Pesticide Exposure Down
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bahlers September 13th, 2014 at 18:29
How about the increase in technology allowing for much more precise application of pesticides/herbicides?
rg9rts September 14th, 2014 at 05:35
Like DDT, the residue that washes away into the aquifers is the problem and the algae blooms off shore can be linked to fertilizer runoff.
bahlers September 18th, 2014 at 12:49
But fertilizer is not a pesticide.
rg9rts September 18th, 2014 at 14:43
I can’t do everything for you…..read The Silent Spring by Rachael Carson for your education on DDT then study algae blooms for agricultural fertilizer runoff. They all become part of the environment.
bahlers September 13th, 2014 at 18:29
How about the increase in technology allowing for much more precise application of pesticides/herbicides?
rg9rts September 14th, 2014 at 05:35
Like DDT, the residue that washes away into the aquifers is the problem and the algae blooms off shore can be linked to fertilizer runoff.
bahlers September 18th, 2014 at 12:49
But fertilizer is not a pesticide.
rg9rts September 18th, 2014 at 14:43
I can’t do everything for you…..read The Silent Spring by Rachael Carson for your education on DDT then study algae blooms for agricultural fertilizer runoff. They all become part of the environment.
juicyfruityyy September 13th, 2014 at 20:24
Well, now if we can work on Climate Change.
bahlers September 18th, 2014 at 12:51
How are we going to work on “climate change”? The USA’s CO2 emissions are decreasing substantially, yet China continues to emit enough CO2 to counter act any decrease made in the USA. And over the past decade, mean global temperatures are trending towards a cooling phase.
juicyfruityyy September 13th, 2014 at 20:24
Well, now if we can work on Climate Change.
bahlers September 18th, 2014 at 12:51
How are we going to work on “climate change”? The USA’s CO2 emissions are decreasing substantially, yet China continues to emit enough CO2 to counter act any decrease made in the USA. And over the past decade, mean global temperatures are trending towards a cooling phase.
rg9rts September 14th, 2014 at 05:33
OMG regulations work!
rg9rts September 14th, 2014 at 05:33
OMG regulations work!