Maine bill would require transparency about pesticides at schools

ASSOCIATED PRESS • March 25, 2021

A Maine legislator wants the state to be more transparent about what pesticides are used on school grounds. Democratic Sen. Mattie Daughtry of Brunswick said Thursday that her proposal would require schools to submit pest management logs to state authorities, and post inspection results publicly. She said she became aware of the issue when she was in high school and pesticides were inappropriately sprayed on a windy day. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry “supports making these records more easily accessible to the general public.”