Farmworker communities converge on Sacramento to demand a ban of brain-harming chlorpyrifos
Farmworker Communities Call on California to Ban Brain-Harming Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
Residents converge on Sacramento to deliver over 100,000 petition signatures demanding state action after U.S. EPA failed to implement a ban For Immediate Release: July 12, 2017 Sacramento, CA – After the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to heed the...
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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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This Harmful Pesticide Should Have Been Banned Years Ago. Now It Could Finally Happen.
nrdc.org
Thankfully, senators are stepping in where Donald Trump’s EPA has fallen down.Thanks to @SenatorKamalaHarris for standing up to #Dow Chemical Company and for California kids, farmworkers and our families. Trump's EPA chief ignored the science when he failed to ban the pesticide in march and now we need leadership at the state and federal levels. #banchlorpyrifos #protectCAkids
Bill to ban chlorpyrifos unveiled in senate | Pesticide Action Network
panna.org
Senators unveil a first-of-its-kind bill that would ban chlorpyrifos, a widely used agricultural pesticide that has been linked to reduced IQ and attention deficit disorder in children.
Pesticide Action Network North America
We applaud these Senators for taking a stand for rural families and children across the country. -Kristin Schafer, PAN Executive Director
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