Infographic: Curbing pesticide use near schools
California environmental regulators are considering the first statewide regulations governing the application of agricultural pesticides near schools. Ventura County, a strawberry-growing hub, has the most children in the state attending schools near the heaviest pesticide use. Read the story
Students attending schools* within
a quarter mile of highest pesticide
use, top five counties, 2010:
Ventura
13,045
Monterey
9,820
Fresno
4,890
Stanislaus
2,220
*Top 5% of
schools, ranked
Merced
1,597
by pounds of
pesticides applied
within a quarter
mile.
Ventura Co.
The 15 counties in California where
pesticides are used most for agriculture:
Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Madera,
Merced, Monterey,Sacramento, San
Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura, and Yolo.
Amounts of selected fumigants
used in Ventura Co., 2003-2013
(in millions of pounds)
2013:
2.2 million
CHLOROPicrin
2003:
1.0 million
2013:
544,720
187,792
2003:
1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE
’03
’05
’07
’09
’11
’13
Students attending schools* within a quarter mile of
the highest pesticide use, top five counties, 2010:
Ventura
13,045
Monterey
9,820
Fresno
4,890
Stanislaus
2,220
Merced
1,597
*Top 5% of schools, ranked
Ventura Co.
by pounds of pesticides
applied within a quarter mile.
The 15 counties in California where
pesticides are used most for agriculture:
Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Madera,
Merced, Monterey, Sacramento,
San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo,
Santa Barbara, Stanislaus, Tulare,
Ventura, and Yolo.
Amounts of selected fumigants used
in Ventura Co., 2003-2013
(in millions of pounds)
2013:
2.2 million
CHLOROPicrin
2003:
1.0 million
2013:
544,720
2003:
1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE
187,792
’03
’05
’07
’09
’11
’13
Students attending schools* within a quarter mile of the highest
pesticide use, top five counties, 2010:
Ventura
13,045
Monterey
9,820
Fresno
4,890
Stanislaus
2,220
Merced
1,597
Ventura Co.
*Top 5% of schools, ranked by pounds of pesticides
applied within a quarter mile.
The 15 counties in California where pesticides are used
most for agriculture: Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Madera,
Merced, Monterey, Sacramento, San Joaquin, San Luis
Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura, and Yolo.
Amounts of selected fumigants used in
Ventura Co., 2003-2013
(in millions of pounds)
2013:
2.2 million
CHLOROPicrin
2003:
1.0 million
2013:
544,720
2003:
187,792
1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE
’03
’05
’07
’09
’11
’13
Students attending schools* within a quarter mile of the highest
pesticide use, top five counties, 2010:
Ventura
13,045
Monterey
9,820
Fresno
4,890
Stanislaus
2,220
Merced
1,597
Ventura Co.
*Top 5% of schools, ranked by pounds of pesticides
applied within a quarter mile.
The 15 counties in California where pesticides are used most
for agriculture: Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced,
Monterey, Sacramento, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo,
Santa Barbara, Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura, and Yolo.
Amounts of selected fumigants used in
Ventura Co., 2003-2013
(in millions of pounds)
2013:
2.2 million
CHLOROPicrin
2003:
1.0 million
2013:
544,720
2003:
1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE
187,792
’03
’05
’07
’09
’11
’13
Students attending schools* within a quarter mile of the highest
pesticide use, top five counties, 2010:
Ventura
13,045
Monterey
9,820
Fresno
4,890
2,220
Stanislaus
1,597
Merced
Ventura Co.
*Top 5% of schools, ranked by pounds of pesticides
applied within a quarter mile.
The 15 counties in California where pesticides are used most for
agriculture: Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Monterey,
Sacramento, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura, and Yolo.
Amounts of selected fumigants used in
Ventura Co., 2003-2013
2013:
(in millions of pounds)
2.2 million
CHLOROPicrin
2003:
1.0 million
2013:
544,720
2003:
187,792
1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE
’03
’05
’07
’09
’11
’13
Sources: California Departments of Health and Pesticide Regulation. Graphics research by Tony Barboza.
