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Pesticide air monitoring in California is an illusion of protection: It reassures the public but fails to measure the real danger

For families in Watsonville and the Pajaro Valley, California’s pesticide air monitoring system offers the appearance of protection while leaving significant gaps in what is measured and how exposure risks are understood, writes retired nurse and healthcare activist Kathleen Kilpatrick. A single monitor is expected to represent vast agricultural regions where residents live, work and attend school near heavily sprayed fields, even though only a …
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Lookout Local Santa Cruz broke the news on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.
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