CA finds chlorpyrifos causes permanent brain harm, calls it a Toxic Air Contaminant
Federal Court orders national ban on brain-harming chlorpyrifos within 60 days
Decision confirms that California must also take action to protect communities now Sacramento, CA: Slamming the Trump administration’s repudiation of science, today the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to adopt a nationwide...
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State finds widespread risk from brain-harming pesticide
Nerve agent chlorpyrifos is a Toxic Air Contaminant that threatens agricultural communities and harms children’s developing brains, state scientists agree Sacramento, CA: California took a step closer Monday to curbing the use of a pesticide linked to permanent brain...
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Hawaii first in the nation to ban brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos
Hawaii’s bold action contrasts with California’s baby steps Sacramento, CA: Hawai'i Governor David Ige signed a ban of the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos into law Wednesday, making the Aloha State the first in the nation to ban the chemical linked to autism,...
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"Un jurado en California condenó a Monsanto a indemnizar con 289 millones de dólares a un hombre que asegura que el cáncer terminal que padece se debe a su exposición a un producto de la multinacional que contiene el polémico herbicida glifosato"
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)
"Chlorpyrifos is too often used in agricultural fields next to our children's schools and in fields where women farmworkers often work during their pregnancies, endangering the health of our community," Central Coast United for A Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) wrote in a statement released Aug. 10.CAUSE and other organizations hosted a pesticide reform rally on March 30, where community members called on the Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner's Office to impose a countywide ban on chlorpyrifos use.
"Ending its use is a historic victory for protecting the health of farmworkers, pregnant women, and children in our community," CAUSE wrote in the statement, "as well as the air, water, and soil of our region." "
Un jurado en California condenó a Monsanto a indemnizar con 289 millones de dólares a un hombre que asegura que el cáncer terminal que padece se debe a su exposición a un producto de la multinacional que contiene el polémico herbicida glifosato.
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Dewayne Johnson, sostiene que utilizó el herbicida Roundup de Monsanto de manera frecuente mientras trabajó como jardinero para el distrito escolar de San Francisco