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.
1. EUTROPHICATION. Fertilizers cause problems with water quality when they runoff into rivers or percolate into groundwater.In fact, agriculture (including livestock agriculture) is the largest source of nonpoint water pollution in the US.uch of the concern about fertilizers and water quality relates to nitrates, which can cause health problems in humans (as well as other problems, described below). When ingested, nitrates are converted into nitrite in the intestine, which then combines with hemoglobin to form methemoglobin.