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Fifty-five million pounds of pesticides were sprayed on the 12.8 million acres of conventional cotton grown in the U.S. in 2003 (4.3 pounds/ acre), ranking cotton third behind corn and soybeans in total amount of pesticides sprayed. (USDA)

 
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The U.S. water system is regularly contaminated above safe limits immediately following chemical fertilizer applications to farm fields. (Rodale Institute)

The U.S. water system is regularly contaminated above safe limits immediately following chemical fertilizer applications to farm fields. (Rodale Institute)

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