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The Political Economy of Water Quality Protection from Agricultural Chemicals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

David G. Abler  and
James S. Shortle
David G. Abler
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
James S. Shortle
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
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Extract

Growing evidence of surface-water and groundwater contamination has led to demands for federal and state water quality protection policies. Agriculture will be an important target of such policies. Numerous instances of surface-water and groundwater contamination by pesticides and fertilizers have been recorded, and one study estimates that the drinking water of 50 million people in the U.S. is potentially contaminated by agricultural chemicals (Hallberg, Nielsen and Lee).

Type
The Effects of Agricultural Production on Environmental Quality
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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , April 1991 , pp. 53 - 60
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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