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Pesticide Use Up Sharply in California, According to New DPR Data
2015 Totals Are Second Highest Ever Recorded Use of hazardous agricultural pesticides in California increased by 23 million pounds (12%) in 2015 over the prior year to a staggering 213 million pounds, according to pesticide use data just released by the California...
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Ban Chlorpyrifos Now!
The US Environmental Protection Agency on March 29 failed to heed its own scientists’ advice and end the use of the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos. Now residents of California’s farmworker communities are calling on Governor Jerry Brown to move swiftly and enact...
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SIGN OUR PETITION! CA Kids Deserve 24/7 Pesticide Protections
Comment period ends Tuesday April 4 at 5pm. Modifications to the Department of Pesticide Regulation's new rule regarding pesticide use near schools have just been released - and they make the regulation weaker, not stronger. Gone is the 48-hour notification to schools...
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www.panna.org/press-statement/pesticide-incident-sends-18-farmworkers-hospital
Pesticide incident sends 18 farmworkers to hospital | Pesticide Action Network
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Advocates press for better notification & protections For Immediate Release: June 27, 2017 Salinas, CA – A major pesticide drift incident that sent 18 farmworkers to the hospital illustrates the need for new rules that provide more stringent notification policies and stronger protections for fieldwo...Glyphosate, the active ingredient in RoundUp, will be officially listed as Prop 65 carcinogen on July 7th.
Glyphosate Listed Effective July 7, 2017, as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer
oehha.ca.gov
Glyphosate is listed under Proposition 65 effective July 7, 2017 as known to the state to cause cancer via the Labor Code mechanism.
18 farm workers hospitalized for suspected insecticide exposure.
montereycountyweekly.com
Thursday morning began as a regular work day for a Tanimura & Antle celery transplant crew. They showed up around 4:30am to begin working in a field off the corner
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