Seventy-nine teens, some 13, were sprayed with a
chemical fungicide from a crop-dusting plane near Pesotum, Illinois on
Thursday. They were taken to a hospital in Urbana and, save for a few
with minor skin irritations, none seem harmed.
The teenagers were detasseling corn for the company Monsanto
when they were accidentally sprayed with a chemical from a crop dusting
plane. The job of corn detasseling is done by teens as it is not
considered hazardous; it entails yanking off the pollinating tassels
from corn so they produce seeds to be planted in future.
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