Ministers reject call for pesticide 'buffer zones'

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Published: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Ministers were accused of putting public health at risk after rejecting a call by a royal commission for buffer zones to stop pesticides being sprayed near people's homes. Environment ministers said there was no scientific justification for five-metre buffer zones alongside homes, schools, hospitals and retirement centres to avoid people being exposed to pesticide sprays.
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