United States - 2000 - by compound type
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United States - 2000 - by user group
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However, it
seems that agriculture uses a lot of pesticides, but was is the dosage
concentration over a large area, such as the state. Here is current
land use in the state (% only--if you want numerical values, the area of
the state is 66,351 square miles):
Croplands |
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Forestry |
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Cities |
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Livestock |
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Parks |
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Other |
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Eventhough three times as much pesticides are used for agriculture as for all other uses (commercial, industrial, and home and garden), these other uses occurs mostly in cities over a land are that is 1/18th of that devoted to agriculture. That means about six times the amount of pesticides are applied per acre in the cities than on agricultural lands.
(By my calculation, agricultural lands receive about 61 lbs/acre,
and just using the home and garden number in cities yields 160 lbs/acre
on residential land.)