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Crop dusting is very common in many countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_application https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_application
by frisco 11y ago
Crop dusting is very common in many countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_application https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_application
- jqm 11y agoYes, including the US. Spraying crops with airplanes is very common. Not sure where the idea it is banned comes from?
- dejv 11y agoYes, they are very common in countries where the short term profits are king. The problem with aerial spraying is wind: you don't want your herbicides/insecticides to be sprayed out of your field: as it can kill bees or local population of butterflies and other insects as well as local herbs and plants that grow around. In EU we banned the aerial spraying (in most cases) as well as have quite complex rules to minimise this pollution: like not using spray in form of aerosols and such.