Large Number of Iowa Public Schools In Range Of Potential Pesticide Spray Drift
This interactive table maps all 1321 PK-12 public school buildings, with a direct link to each building’s Google map, where one can clearly see the school’s proximity to croplands.
We conservatively used the distance of 2000 feet to calculate potentially harmful proximities of croplands to Iowa public school buildings…89.6 percent of Iowa PK-12 public school buildings (1183 of 1321) are within 2000 feet of cropland. This means 444,559 students and teachers in…
The Issue: Pesticide Spray Drift and Dicamba. UPDATE, June 4, 2020: “Court overturns EPA approval of popular herbicide made by Monsanto” UPDATE, Feb. 17, 2020: “Monsanto, BASF Will Pay $250 Million In Punitive Damages In First Dicamba Trial.” As we…