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Ban on aerial spraying of pesticides mooted [1]

KOCHI: The draft proposals for a pesticide policy for the State have suggested a total ban on aerial spraying of pesticides and the use of red and yellow category pesticides.

The draft, prepared by a team of experts constituted by the government, was recently submitted to the government, sources said.

The draft recommended that some fungicides in the green category too should be removed from

Publication Date: 
18/03/2011
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram) [2]
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Pesticides And Toxins [3], Agriculture [4], Kerala [5], Weedicide [6], Kochi [7]
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