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Pesticide
Use in Santa Barbara County
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2004 Pesticide Use
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Santa
Barbara County 2004
Pesticide Use Total=4,109,252 lbs.
Rank
in State: 12
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Top
pesticides used (name) |
Total
pounds of pesticide applied (lbs.) |
Main
crop using this pesticide |
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#1
Sulfur
Causes
short-term symptoms such as rashes, nausea, headaches...
|
922,687 |
Wine
grapes
632,654 lbs.
|
#2
Metam-Sodium
Carcinogen, causes reproductive harm |
600,879 |
Strawberry
413,493 lbs.
|
#3
Chloropicrin
Fumigant highly irritating to the upper respiratory tract, eyes and
skin |
538,307 |
Strawberry
488,583 lbs.
|
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#4
1,3 Dichloropropene (Telone) highly toxic fumigant, known/proabable
carcinogen, moderate acute aquatic toxicity
|
387,467 |
Strawberry
334,574 lbs.
|
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#
5 Methyl Bromide
Highly toxic fumigant, causes reproductive harm and depletes the
ozone layer
|
364,001 |
Strawberry
323,325 lbs.
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2003 Pesticide Use
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Santa
Barbara County 2003
Pesticide Use Total=3,331,883 lbs.
Rank
in State: 15
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Top
pesticides used (name) |
Total
pounds of pesticide applied (lbs.) |
Main
crop using this pesticide |
|
#1
Sulfur
Causes
short-term symptoms such as rashes, nausea, headaches...
|
902,570 |
Wine
grapes
687,138 lbs.
|
#2
Chloropicrin
Fumigant highly irritating to the upper respiratory tract, eyes and
skin |
471,772 |
Strawberry
444,986 lbs.
|
| #3
1,3 Dichloropropene (Telone) highly toxic fumigant, known/proabable
carcinogen, moderate acute aquatic toxicity |
354,920 |
Strawberry
304,850 lbs.
|
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#
4 Methyl Bromide
Highly toxic fumigant, causes reproductive harm and depletes the
ozone layer
|
321,390 |
Strawberry
288,891 lbs.
|
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#5
Metam-Sodium
Carcinogen, causes reproductive harm
|
301,350 |
Carrots
199,465 lbs.
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2002
Pesticide Use
|
Santa
Barbara County 2002
Pesticide Use Total=3,349,920 lbs.
|
Top
pesticides used (name) |
Total
pounds of pesticide applied (lbs.) |
Main
crop using this pesticide |
|
#1
Sulfur
Causes
short-term symptoms such as rashes, nausea, headaches...
|
865,938 |
Wine
grapes
639,825 lbs.
|
#2
Metam Sodium
Carcinogen, causes reproductive harm |
527,014 |
Carrots
483,845 lbs.
|
#
3 Methyl Bromide
Highly toxic fumigant, causes reproductive harm and depletes the ozone
layer |
395,528 |
Strawberry
332,957 lbs.
|
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#4
Chloropicrin
Fumigant highly irritating to the upper respiratory tract, eyes
and skin
|
322,139 |
Strawberry
290,774 lbs.
|
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#5
Petroleum
Oil, low toxicity insecticides
|
232,975 |
Lemon
98,055 lbs.
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2001
Pesticide Use
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Santa
Barbara County 2001
Pesticide Use Total=3,325,257 lbs.
|
Top
pesticides used (name) |
Total
pounds of pesticide applied (lbs.) |
Main
crop using this pesticide |
|
#1
Sulfur
Causes
short-term symptoms such as rashes, nausea, headaches...
|
934,614 |
Wine
grapes
777,984
lbs.
|
#2
Metam Sodium
Carcinogen, causes reproductive harm |
570,008 |
Carrots
540,935
lbs.
|
#
3 Methyl Bromide
Highly toxic fumigant, causes reproductive harm and depletes the ozone
layer |
430,571 |
Strawberry
347,134
lbs.
|
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#4
Chloropicrin
Fumigant highly irritating to the upper respiratory tract, eyes
and skin
|
356,825 |
Strawberry
337,682
lbs.
|
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#5
Petroleum
Oil, low toxicity insecticides
|
155,704 |
Lemon
99,678
lbs.
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2000 Pesticide
Use
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Santa
Barbara County 2000
Pesticide Use Total=3,813,842 lbs.
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Top
pesticides used (name) |
Total
pounds of pesticide applied (lbs.) |
Main
crop using this pesticide (lbs.) |
|
#1
Sulfur
|
987,834 |
Wine
grapes
802,062
|
| #
2 Methyl Bromide |
692,509 |
Strawberry
518,866
|
| #
3 Metam-Sodium |
664,442 |
Carrot
526,919
|
|
#
4 Chloropicrin
|
239,826 |
Strawberry
199,704
|
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#
5 Petroleum oil
|
200,123 |
Lemon
129,621
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1999 Pesticide
Use
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Santa
Barbara County 1999
Pesticide Use Total=4,259,990 lbs.
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Top
pesticides used (name) |
Total
pounds of pesticide applied (lbs.) |
Main
crop using this pesticide (lbs.) |
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#1
Sulfur
|
1,280,215 |
Wine
grapes
1,040,503
|
| #
2 Methyl Bromide |
977,124 |
Strawberry
779,004
|
| #
3 Metam-Sodium |
692,950 |
Carrot
557,688
|
|
#
4 Chloropicrin
|
306,574 |
Strawberry
264,542
|
|
#
5 Petroleum oil
|
147,293 |
Lemon
100,823
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1998 Pesticide
Use
|
Santa
Barbara County 1998
Pesticide Use Total=3,997,019 lbs.
|
Top
pesticides used (name) |
Total
pounds of pesticide applied (lbs.) |
Main
crop using this pesticide (lbs.) |
|
#1
Sulfur
|
1,098,863 |
Wine
grapes
910,776
|
| #
2 Metam-sodium |
785,520 |
Carrots
466,888
|
| #
3 Methyl Bromide |
783,027 |
Strawberry
652,034
|
|
#
4 Chloropicrin
|
242,157 |
Strawberry
216,309
|
|
#
5 Petroleum oil
|
128,655 |
Lemon
91,094
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