The Foundation has chosen to focus on one in particular, how pesticides undermine children's future. Practical solutions are available now to decrease many of the risks created by pesticides. These include alternatives to pesticides, reduction in intensity and better education. Pesticide application in schools, for example, often fails to follow even common sense procedures. Above all, public education should emphasize that pesticides need to be respected for what they are, chemical agents designed to have biological activity.
None are safe.