Table 2 Intended application target in drift events by case status, all crops, 2000–2015
From: Examining the role of wind in human illness due to pesticide drift in Washington state, 2000–2015
Application target | Events | Confirmed cases | Unconfirmed cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Tree fruit | 151 | (59.9) | 320 | (46.4) | 30 | (62.5) |
Undesired plant | 23 | (9.1) | 41 | (5.9) | – | – |
Vegetable | 21 | (8.3) | 124 | (18.0) | 8 | (3.2) |
Soil | 12 | (4.8) | 66 | (9.6) | – | – |
Cereal | 12 | (4.8) | 30 | (4.3) | – | – |
Small fruit | 8 | (3.2) | 12 | (1.7) | – | – |
Other grain/fiber | 6 | (2.4) | 22 | (3.2) | 3 | (6.3) |
Grass | 3 | (1.2) | 49 | (7.1) | – | – |
Beverage crop | 3 | (1.2) | 7 | (1.0) | 7 | (14.6) |
Landscape/ornamental | 3 | (1.2) | 6 | (0.9) | – | – |
Oil crop | 3 | (1.2) | 5 | (0.7) | – | – |
Flavoring/spice | 3 | (1.2) | 4 | (0.6) | – | – |
Forest | 2 | (0.8) | 2 | (0.3) | – | – |
Building surface | 1 | (0.4) | 1 | (0.1) | – | – |
Other fruit | 1 | (0.4) | 1 | (0.1) | – | – |
Total | 252 | (100) | 690 | (100) | 48 | (100) |