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Children living near Driscoll's strawberry farms have a 38% higher childhood cancer rate than average.
But Driscoll's can't be sued for any of it.
They don't own a single farm, grow a single berry or apply an ounce of pesticides themselves
They are a genetics and marketing company making $3 billion a year, licensing plant patents to over 700 farms and taking a cut.
Their president said it himself: "Driscoll's is not involved in the fruit farming"
Researchers identified 13 pesticides linked to childhood cancer when sprayed within 2.5 miles of a home.
98.5% of those leukemia-linked pesticides were applied in Watsonville, California (Driscoll's main strawberry operation).
- Schools sit just yards from the fields
- 41,000 lbs of pesticides applied within 1 sq mi of an elementary school
- Pesticides linger in the air for up to 72 hours
Driscoll's is currently #1 strawberry in the U.S.
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