The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
1 Though chemical fertilizers increase food production for nations all over the world, the negative effects to the environment have become inarguable. 2  The chemicals that compose fertilizer, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, run off into local waterways during rainy periods. Farmers use chemical pesticides to eliminate insects and diseases that destroy crops and diminish food supply. 2  These compounds work very well in killing the insects that feed on the roots, leaves and stems of both food crops and garden flowers.
that unite the soilâs chemical and physical properties for âsoil health.â We know a lot about how pesticides influ-ence the target, and even some of the effects on plants and other aboveground organisms that are not the tar-gets of pesticides. But we donât know much about how pesticides interact with soils and soil organisms, and thereâs far greater species diversity belowground than aboveground. The following article is a summary of my understanding on how pesticides affect the soil biota, and how that could affect soil ecosystem function specifi-cally in a no-tillage system. Pesticide Effects on Soil Biology: Part I by Jill Clapperton SCIEnCE Jill Clapperton is a soil ecologist and land resource consultant, based in Montana. 1 Editors: The grouping of organisms into fauna and flora is a bit arbitrary at times, e.g., protozoa somewhat blur the distinction between animal and plant,