Source: Sierra Sun Times
Sacramento, CA –Bright, tinkling laughter of children carried like music on the wind makes living next to schools occasionally magical–until the playgrounds go silent. On the days gone quiet, the air hangs dank and pungent. The children are present, but the odiferous, toxic fumes of paraquat wafting from the fields next door, have kept recess inside. If you live next to corn, soybeans, cotton, almonds, peanuts, or wine grape vineyards, this is just part of rural living. Assembly bill AB 1963 is looking to change that reality; and the bill is advancing rapidly through the Assembly.