instead, the pesticide hoses are still on, and "the new york times" has done some remarkable reporting on what that looks like for americans on the ground. quote, in may of 2015, rivera was one of the first to feel it, a pesticide drip had been sprayed on a nearby grove of mandarin oranges. there was a strong taste in the back of the throat, numb lips, itchy skin and watery eyes. a 37-year-old mother of three remembers the smell, dizziness, overwhelming feeling of nausea. other workers thought she was faking it, trying to be funny. when she hitd the ground and started convulsing. when the invisible cloud arrived, she smelled burned grease, believing it was the tractor she turned offer the itching. then came the burning. itching, the nausea. she called the supervisor on her phone who told her to get her