Round Table on Responsible Soy Association

The RTRS standard allows for aerial spraying only if negative impacts on health or the environment are sufficiently addressed. For example, the standard requires producers to give advance notice of aerial sprayings to anyone living or working within 500 meters of the area that will be sprayed. Pesticides in WHO Class 1a, 1b and II cannot be applied by aerial spraying closer than 500 meters to populated areas or water bodies; no aerial spraying at all is allowed closer than 30 meters to populated areas or water bodies.