Alex Hughes
Alex Hughes is the director of the DCI (Dirección de Control de Insumos) in Uruguay, who has been in the news for addressing concerns regarding the exposure of 261 rural schools to agricultural chemicals that violate existing regulations. He highlighted the importance of technical evaluations in granting exceptions for pesticide applications near schools and emphasized Uruguay's advanced regulatory framework for protecting educational institutions from agrochemical risks.
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Alex Hughes is the director of the DCI who discussed the impact of agrochemical applications near schools.
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