AS-EPA issues a violation notice and crop condemnation after pesticide misuse
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A recent routine inspection at a local farm which grows and sells fruits and vegetables to restaurants, stores and the public discovered pesticide misuse of “Co

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