It's deceptive to measure pesticide use by pounds used. Atrazine was 
applied to my farm, before I bought it, at the rate of 1/4 oz per 
acre.  It's so concentrated, very little will grow except beans, corn 
and sorghum for nearly two years after application.  And at 1/4 oz 
per acre, it's now detectable in the Indianapolis water supply, cause 
for concern around here.

At 12:00 AM 2/8/2012, you wrote:
> > Higher amounts of chemicals are dumped on fields each year
>
>This isn't true. Amounts of chemicals are going steadily down. In 
>1988, 64 million pounds of herbicides were applied on farms in US; 
>by 2007 this had fallen to 46 million pounds. Insecticides: 30 
>million pounds in 1980, fell to 14 million by 2007 -- less than half 
>as much. Fungicides went from 32 million lbs. in 1988 to 19 million in 2007.

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