Campaigner wins pesticide victory

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A campaigner has won a legal victory in a long-running battle with the government over the use of pesticides.

A High Court judge ruled Georgina Downs, who lives near Chichester, West Sussex, had produced "solid evidence" that residents had suffered harm.

Mr Justice Collins said a European order aimed at defending rural dwellers from possible exposure to toxins during crop-spraying had not been followed.

Ms Downs said the government "should now admit that it got it wrong".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7729112.stm