Pesticide, schmesticide
The USDA kills its national survey of pesticide use
By Culinate staff
June 3, 2008
The USDA announced recently that it plans to quit publishing its national survey tracking pesticide use. The federal agency will thereby save itself $8 million — and leave the rest of us in the dark when it comes to finding out which chemicals are used where, on what, and in which quantities.
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