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1. 1. Salinas Californian - www.thecalifornian.com - Salinas, CA

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   Published on: 12/2/2005   Last Visited: 12/2/2005

   Cheri Alderman of Soquel, a teacher whose classroom borders a farm in Pajaro, said she fears her students could inhale a dangerous whiff of the fumigant as it drifts from an adjacent strawberry field.
   
   "A little dribble of poison is still poison," Alderman said.
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   But increased protections are not enough for Alderman, a teacher at Pajaro Middle School in Pajaro, where youngsters chase balls across the grassy playing field. Opposite a chain link fence, just beyond the range of an errant baseball, is a field where strawberries grow.
   
   When air monitoring detected elevated methyl bromide levels four years ago, Alderman joined the outcry. Monterey County officials say they pressed the grower, and this fall he used a different chemical on the fields nearest the school.
   
   Alderman, however, said she remains concerned because government scientists say methyl bromide seeps into the air. "We have that nice ocean breeze that blows it all this way," she said.
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   Cheri Alderman, a teacher at Pajaro Middle School in Pajaro, stands in front of a chain link fence that separates the school playground from a strawberry field. Alderman fears her students could inhale a dangerous whiff of methyl bromide. > >

2. 2. HispanicVista Columnists

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   Published on: 11/27/2005   Last Visited: 4/5/2006

   Cheri Alderman, a teacher whose classroom borders a farm, fears her students could inhale a dangerous whiff of the fumigant as it drifts from the adjacent strawberry field. "A little dribble of poison is still poison," she says.
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   The increased protections are not enough for Alderman, a teacher at Pajaro Middle School in the California agricultural belt south of the Santa Cruz beaches.
   
   Kids chase balls across the grassy playing field. Opposite a chain link fence, just beyond the range of an errant baseball, is a field where strawberries grow.
   
   When air monitoring detected elevated methyl bromide levels four years ago, Alderman joined the outcry. County officials say they pressed the grower; this fall he used a different chemical on the fields nearest the school.
   
   Alderman, however, remains concerned because government scientists say methyl bromide seeps into the air. "We have that nice ocean breeze that blows it all this way," the teacher said.
   
   Even California's required buffer zones and ban on applying methyl bromide within 36 hours of school time is not enough, she said. The school draws youngsters on weekends too, and families live nearby. "It's ridiculous to think that as long as we don't do it on school days, then were OK," she said.

3. 3. www.almondboard.org

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   Published on: 11/17/2007   Last Visited: 12/10/2007

   Cheri Alderman, a teacher whose classroom borders a farm, fears her students could inhale a dangerous whiff of the fumigant as it drifts from the adjacent strawberry field. "A little dribble of poison is still poison," she says. lt,more> December 28, 2005 Associated Press