Farmworker communities converge on Sacramento to demand a ban of brain-harming chlorpyrifos
Air testing shows unsafe levels of brain-harming pesticide in Kern County
Chlorpyrifos found in air more than 18 times higher than EPA level of concern Shafter, CA – Chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide linked to IQ loss and autism, has been found in the air in Kern County in amounts far in excess of the level of concern established...
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Pesticide feds failed to ban responsible for major farmworker poisoning incident
Company fined for illegal drift of brain-harming chlorpyrifos in Kern County Bakersfield, CA - The Kern County Agricultural Commissioner confirmed today that one of the pesticides involved in a major pesticide drift incident that affected nearly 50 farmworkers in May...
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Kern Farmworkers Sickened Again by Pesticide Drift
Versión en español abajo Farmworker groups call for advanced web-posting of pesticide applications For Immediate Release: August 2, 2017 Bakersfield, CA – A pesticide drift incident in southwest Bakersfield this morning affected seventy farmworkers harvesting garlic....
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Tell Gov. Brown to #banchlorpyrifos now! petitions.moveon.org/sign/jerry-brown-defy-trump-1
Sign the petition: Jerry Brown: Defy Trump and Protect our Children from Pesticides
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I just signed a petition to Governor Jerry Brown: Lead the nation and ban Chlorpyrifos now!DPR's annual air quality data report was just released today - high chronic levels of chlorpyrifos in Kern. #banchlorpyrifos
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Air testing shows unsafe levels of brain-harming pesticide in Kern County by Jane Sellen | Aug 17, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 comments Chlorpyrifos found in air more than 18 times higher than EPA level of concern Shafter, CA – Chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide linked to IQ loss and autism, has been...Yet another suspected drift incident, yet again chlorpyrifos (Vulcan) was sprayed nearby. #BanChlorpyrifos
Some Madera Ranchos residents claim a smelly spray got them sick
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Some residents in Madera Ranchos have claimed they became sick after smelling an odor of a pesticide product. The Madera County Department of Agriculture said a pesticide called Vulcan was applied to an almond orchard Tuesday night, about a mile West of
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