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WHAT ARE ADVANTAGES SPECTRUM PROVIDES?
Extensive major university and agency research and commercial field
use has shown Spectrum provides the following advantages when
compared to conventionally used spray equipment.
Lowered Cost of Production
• Deposition (droplets/cm2): 100% increase
• Area Treated per Hour/Day: 66% increase
• Water Requirement: 66% reduction
• Reduced tank refilling “down-time”
• Application Time Requirements: (including time-related
costs of labor, fuel, exhaust emission) 66% reduction
• Reduced spray fallout, run-off, and off-site drift
• Worker exposure: 82% reduction
Lower Environmental Pollution
• Less chemical overspray, runoff, drift
• Less engine exhaust emissions / greenhouse gases
“Value Added” Advantages achieved by Spectrum customers
• Higher return on investment
• More marketable products
• “Greener” products
• Niche marketable as a good agricultural practice & safer
food practice to retailers and consumers highly concerned
about pesticide overuse and environmental protection

WHY SPECTRUM ADVANTAGES ARE NEEDED
Despite extensive research into alternative methods of controlling
pests, pathogens, and weeds, pesticides remain the most powerful
tool in pest management. This remains true today, but they need to be
regarded as a valuable resource and used more wisely.

Crops losses and diseases transmitted to humans by insects remain severe in many areas of the world.

The efficacy of equipment utilized to apply pesticides is growing
increasingly important. The general public and governmental agencies
worldwide are increasingly concerned about the inefficient application
of pesticides, overuse of pesticides, and their impact on workers,
public health, and the environment.

Since its establishment in 1987, Spectrum Electrostatic Sprayers, Inc. has pursued its mission of providing and developing superior pesticide spraying technologies needed in agriculture, horticulture, and vector control. To qualify, these technologies must bring elevated or equal disease/insect control while bringing users long-term, measurable economic and environmental advantages as compared to conventional equipment.