Governor Newsom Announces THE END of Brain-harming Chlorpyrifos!
Dear Governor Newsom: Pesticides are Air Contaminants too!
Governor Gavin Newsom California State Capitol #1114 Sacramento, CA 95814 November 13, 2019 Re: CARB and Air District authority to regulate pesticide Toxic Air Contaminants Dear Governor Newsom, On behalf of the Shafter AB 617 Steering Committee, Californians for...
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California mulls new rules for cancer-causing pesticide 1,3 D or Telone
On heels of chlorpyrifos ban, public health and farmworker advocates call for restrictions on widely-used drift-prone fumigant Sacramento: Dozens of residents from across the state converged on the capital today to weigh in on new restrictions under discussion for the...
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California announces end for brain-harming pesticide
Chlorpyrifos use will be banned in December 2020 Sacramento: In a historic win for public health, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation today announced a decisive end to the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos in California. Dow and other manufacturers...
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New York Governor signs chlorpyrifos ban!
Governor Cuomo Directs DEC to Ban the Use of Chlorpyrifos
Governor Cuomo directed DEC to take immediate action to ban aerial use of chlorpyrifos."The Salinas Valley is known for its enormous industrial farms that grow produce like lettuce and broccoli. But just southeast of the city of Salinas, a patchwork of much smaller organic fruit and vegetable fields breaks the industrial sprawl"
Opinion | Turning Farm Workers Into Farmers
In California, near immense industrial farms, small plots are rented out to field laborers so they can try to create their own farm businesses.Reiter Berry Farms will pay an as yet undisclosed fine after 27 members of a berry harvesting crew working in a field on the Hartnell Ranch in Salinas were sickened by residue from pesticides sprayed on a nearby field.
Reiter Berry Farms is the largest supplier Driscoll berries.
A berry company faces fines for a 2017 pesticide release that sickened dozens of workers.
An Oxnard-based berry company will pay a fine after 27 members of a berry harvesting crew working in a field on the Hartnell Ranch in Salinas were sickened by residue