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EPA Cancels Ban On Pesticide. 1 Month Later, Farmers Are Getting Sick

By the Web Editors
May 15, 2017
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More than 50 workers near Bakersfield, Calif. were exposed to harmful chemicals while harvesting cabbage early this month due to a pesticide drift.

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