Farmworker communities converge on Sacramento to demand a ban of brain-harming chlorpyrifos
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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Are you a dynamic young person looking to launch a movement in the southern Central Coast? We are looking for an intern to join our team of statewide pesticide organizers, as part of The Abundant Table's residential internship cohort of young people working in food...
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Blythe Danner: "A ban on these dangerous chemicals [chlorpyrifos and glyphosate] is the only option that will keep our kids and grandchildren safe for years to come."
Blythe Danner: How Scott Pruitt Is Putting Our Kids and Grandchildren in Danger
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'I am not going to sit by and let it happen'"[Claudia] Angulo became convinced Isaac’s exposure to chlorpyrifos in utero was to blame for his problems. So she joined a local activist group that was pushing for a ban and started speaking out."
Battle Over Pesticide Raises Questions About Role Of Science In Regulation
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A recently-introduced bill would ban one of the nation’s most widely-used pesticides, chlorpyrifos. The Obama Administration moved to ban it in 2015, over health concerns, but this year the Trump Administration reversed that decision.Work for Environmental Justice and Pesticide Reform! Job opportunity in Ventura & Santa Barbara region.
7/28/17: Pesticide Community Organizer, Internship (Ventura County, CA)
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What are you looking for? Pesticide Community Organizer (YA Internship) What’s the name of your church or organization? The Abundant Table Where is the job site located? Ventura County, CA Wh…
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