Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : High Pesticide Levels Found Inside Homes
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Pesticides may travel long distances through the air and become trapped in homes years after they were applied, a study issued in Washington by the Environmental Protection Agency suggested. Monitoring of 259 homes in Jacksonville, Fla., and Springfield, Mass., for 32 substances used in farming and consumer products found the indoor levels of some chemicals to be 50 to 90 times greater than the levels outdoors. The consumer products included bug sprays, disinfectants and termite chemicals.
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