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Third graders from Ohlone Elementary School near Watsonville relishing organic strawberries on a field trip to the Giant Berry Farms field next to their school
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It's Official: California Lists Chlorpyrifos as a Prop. 65 Reproductive Toxicant effective December 15
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State’s ‘Short-term Fix’ for Brain-Damaging Pesticide Falls Short

Nov 15, 2018

Under pressure to ban chlorpyrifos, pesticide regulators recommend inadequate exposure-reduction measures Sacramento: Under intensifying pressure from a large coalition of health, education and environmental justice advocates, state regulators today announced a set of...

Rural residents demand relief from brain-damaging pesticide

Nov 9, 2018

Patience wears thin as state legislators join call for immediate ban of chlorpyrifos Sacramento, CA: The fate of a common agricultural pesticide linked to irreversible brain damage in young children remains mired in state bureaucracy, in a process that could take up...

Calls intensify for California regulators to take action on chlorpyrifos

Oct 5, 2018

Trump Administration stalls court-ordered ban of brain-harming pesticide Sacramento, CA - The U.S. Justice Department has requested a rehearing of a decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to revoke all tolerances of the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos within...

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Californians for Pesticide Reform

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Thank you Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry for your leadership on school food nutrition, continuing the efforts of the Obama Administration to protect those most vulnerable to pesticide harms: children. Just 6 days on an organic diet can reduce levels of pesticides in the body by 60% or more. ... See MoreSee Less

California Could Be the First Organic-to-School State

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Healthy, organic, culturally appropriate food should be available to everyone, and especially California’s public-school students. With the state’s help, California’s schools can lead the way toward a better food system for all, from farm to fork.

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Chamacos- Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers & Children of Salinas

CHAMACOS featured in full length New York Magazine piece: "The Lost Generation: Trump’s environmental policies are putting the health of American children at risk." http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/trump-epa-risking-health-of-american-children.html #environment #health #protectchildren #risk #lostgeneration Photo: New York Magazine

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"When you choose organically-grown products, you’re guaranteed they were not grown with chlorpyrifos or the roughly 900 synthetic pesticides allowed in non-organic agriculture. Many of these pesticides are now understood to cause cancer, affect the body’s hormonal systems, disrupt fertility, cause developmental delay for children or Parkinson’s, depression, or Alzheimer’s as we age" And we know that far too many of us don't have a choice to organic food, but fighting for pesticide-free food is a step closer to changing our agricultural system -- making organic food a right not a privilege in the US.