By 2003, plenty of data suggested that pesticide drift was
harming communities, but the pesticide industry and regulators
refused to act. For 20 years, the California Air Resources Board
had been conducting experiments, looking for pesticides in the
air around fields sprayed with pesticides. They found them. In
2003, PAN pulled together and analyzed this information in a
breakthrough report, Secondhand Pesticides. We found that many
pesticides remained in the air near fields at high levels for
hours, or even days after application. Anyone in the vicinity of
such applications faced exposure. Sept. 9, 2008 Drift Catcher
selected as 2008 Tech Awards Laureate by the Tech Museum of
Innovation PAN's air monitoring device, invented by chemist and
senior scientist Dr. Susan Kegley, was designated a 2008 Tech
Awards Laureate, one of 25 global innovations recognized each
year for applying technology to benefit humanity and spark
global change. The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech
Museum of Innovation in San