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Is it possible for tomato growers to grow a tomato without the use of harmful pesticides; harming workers and consumers(*? In 2006 Florida tomato farmers used close to eight million pounds of pesticides compared to California's one milion puonds during the same time. Farmers are supposed to help protect workers in several ways. One is by hireing inspectors to regulate the use of pesticides on fields were workers are working. These inspectors are in place to over seee the proper use of the pesticides as well as the safety of the workers in the fields. Another safeguard for workers is physicans. Physicians are by law supposed to report signs of pesticides contanimation in patients. When contanimation is reported by the invstigators and, or doctors penalties are enforced against the perputrators.
In Florida these safe guards in place to protect farm workers are not enforced. Compared to California, which farms the same amount of land, Florida employs 50 inspectors to watch for worker safety while California employs 350. These investigators reported just two cases of worker exposure to...