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Newspaper article

Farmer fined over pesticide application

Date

2007-06-16

Authors

The Guardian

Abstract

One of the province's best-known blueberry and potato growers, Elwood Lawton, has been fines $ 1,000 for letting migrant farm workers apply pesticides to crops on his Mount Stewart-area farm without having the proper certification.

Newspaper title

The Guardian (Charlottetown)

Page numbers

A3 (Provincial)

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Economic sectors

Agriculture and horticulture workers and General farm workers

Content types

Documented cases of abuse

Target groups

Public awareness

Geographical focuses

Nova Scotia

Languages

English