N.C. task force evaluates pesticide exposure

North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley formed the Governor’s Task Force on Preventing Agricultural Pesticide Exposure earlier this year. The group will evaluate whether pesticide practices provide adequate protections from pesticide exposure and identify best practices from research and from other states. The task force also will make recommendations on how to improve pesticide application and use in North Carolina, including changes to regulatory, training and enforcement structures. The horticulture representative is Wayne Buhler of the Department of Horticultural Science at North Carolina State University. The task force was scheduled to make recommendations to the governor in May.

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For more: Wayne Buhler, NCSU, (919) 515-5369; wayne_buhler@ncsu.edu.

May 2008