9th Circuit Court of Appeals gives EPA 90 days to come up with a good reason for keeping chlorpyrifos. Could this be the end of the line for the brain-damaging pesticide California just can't seem to quit?
CPR to Department of Pesticide Regulation: Fix your broken permit system
April 25, 2019 Teresa Marks, Acting Director Department of Pesticide Regulation 1001 I Street Sacramento, CA 95812 Dear Acting Director Marks, In March, researchers from UCLA Law School published Governance on the Ground: Evaluating the Role of County Agricultural...
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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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“I used to walk to the groves when I was pregnant — I had no idea that I could be exposing myself and my baby,” [Fidelia Morales] said. “The irony is I left Los Angeles in part to get away from all the pollution. I had no idea I’d end up somewhere worse.”
States Weigh Banning A Widely Used Pesticide Even Though EPA Won’t
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The pesticide chlorpyrifos has been linked to developmental problems in children. Some state and federal lawmakers want the chemical banned, but federal regulators are fighting to keep it on the ma…Read on for CPR's response to California Department of Pesticide Regulation regarding the UCLA report that documented widespread failure by county ag commissioners to follow the law before issuing permits for restricted pesticides. No ag commissioner - none - was found to be considering alternatives to chlorpyrifos, as state law demands. #BanChlorpyrifos
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The moving story of one woman's quest to understand whether Dow's pesticide chlorpyrifos caused her children's brain malformations #BanChlorpyrifos
A Journey Into My Family History, the Chemical Industry, and Genetics
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My quest to understand what caused my children’s birth defects