Make farmers inform residents when spraying chemicals

Make farmers inform residents when spraying chemicals

The Issue

The continuous spraying of poisonous chemicals over fields near villages and homes can cause all manner of illnesses. Especially with houses and villages backing onto these fields -- where children and people are indiscriminately subjected to breathing in these sprays.

These sprays are horrific. 
 
I think children playing outside, only metres from these sprays should be informed. My children are now grown up -- but this still concerns me greatly as parents, children and the elderly are often unaware about the dangers of these pesticides.

I ask that farmers should inform local people when spraying their pesticides, or to spray at night when people are not outside.

Please sign, as this problem does not only effect the near vicinity but is carried through the air into towns and cities.

This needs to stop, for all our health. Thank you for your support.

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Lisa OverPetition Starter
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The Issue

The continuous spraying of poisonous chemicals over fields near villages and homes can cause all manner of illnesses. Especially with houses and villages backing onto these fields -- where children and people are indiscriminately subjected to breathing in these sprays.

These sprays are horrific. 
 
I think children playing outside, only metres from these sprays should be informed. My children are now grown up -- but this still concerns me greatly as parents, children and the elderly are often unaware about the dangers of these pesticides.

I ask that farmers should inform local people when spraying their pesticides, or to spray at night when people are not outside.

Please sign, as this problem does not only effect the near vicinity but is carried through the air into towns and cities.

This needs to stop, for all our health. Thank you for your support.

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Lisa OverPetition Starter

The Decision Makers

George Eustice MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment

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