DPR, chlorpyrifos is a Toxic Air Contaminant - BAN IT NOW!
State’s ‘Short-term Fix’ for Brain-Damaging Pesticide Falls Short
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...
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Rural residents demand relief from brain-damaging pesticide
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...
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Calls intensify for California regulators to take action on chlorpyrifos
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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"Latinos who are exposed to pesticides in their workplaces are twice as likely to have cardiovascular disease compared with Latinos who are not exposed to pesticides at work, according to a new study published in the journal Heart."
Pesticide exposure raises risk for cardiovascular disease among Latino workers
eurekalert.org
Latinos who are exposed to pesticides in their workplaces are twice as likely to have cardiovascular disease compared with Latinos who are not exposed to pesticides at work, according to a new study published in the journal Heart.Why won't it link? can't find the page to read it
Agroecology is the future:
"In the postwar years, hoping to increase food production, the government paid landowners to destroy their hedges to make way for the larger tractors needed to tend the larger fields of industrial-scale farms... Back then, the government couldn’t be bothered about beetles and butterflies.
Between 1947 and 1985, 100,000 miles of hedge were lost — one-quarter of England’s stock, enough to girdle the planet four times.
The hedge apocalypse did far more than spoil the view corridor. It created wildlife deserts."
How hippies, farmers and Prince Charles are preserving Britain’s hedges
washingtonpost.com
An ax-driven art with ancient roots, hedgelaying honors history while shaping the future.“A lot of people have trouble with the term ‘agroecology’ ... It’s all about giving nature the best chance to grow in harmony. It’s exciting to see so many aspiring farmers and policy advocates who are seeking nature’s balance.”
