In photo after photo, video after video, North Shore residents are painted in mud, scraping it off driveways, sweeping it out of kitchens and heaving it into trucks along with their household debris. With agriculture surrounding them, it’s impossible not to wonder: Are they exposing themselves to toxic farm chemicals amid the muck and sludge?
Upstream agricultural operations are the source of greatest concern, their use of pesticides linked with myriad health effects, from neurological and respiratory illnesses to cancers.
