- Author: Cheryl A. Wilen
Published on: December 23, 2018
The Healthy Schools Act was originally developed as a notification program to let students and adults who work or visit schools to know when pesticides were going to be applied. However, when the usage of pesticides was modified or decreased, schools found there was less exposure to people, especially kids, and the paperwork was also reduced. Enter an increased embrace of integrated pest management.
More recently, schools have been encouraged by concerned community groups to reduce the use of synthetic herbicides to maintain school grounds. One type of alternative is to use high temperature water with a foaming agent to act as a blanket to keep the heat on the plant longer. The other type is a machine that produces saturated...
Focus Area:
Pest Management
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management
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