Remembering David Chatfield, CPR’s Founding Director
It is with heavy hearts that we write today to let you know that we lost our founding director and cherished friend and mentor, David Chatfield on December 4. David served as Executive Director of Californians for Pesticide Reform from 1997-2011, helping shape the...
Calls Mount for Advance Warning of Ag Pesticide Spray
Sacramento - Californians in farmworker communities gathered Thursday online as well as in-person, calling on the state and county governments to web-post advance warning of agricultural pesticide use, citing the known health impacts of pesticide exposure and the...
Pesticides on your food in California: An illegal helping once a week
State finds illegal pesticide residues on 1 in 25 pieces of produce Sacramento: Illegal levels of pesticides were detected on more than 1 in 25 pieces of produce sampled in California, according to recently released data by the California Department of Pesticide...
State Orders Kern Ag Commissioner to Give Advance Notice of Pesticide Use in Shafter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2021 Ag Commissioner refuses, vows to keep pesticide use secret Shafter, CA. – Public health advocates and residents of the Kern County town of Shafter are applauding the state for taking steps to implement a notification requirement...
Pesticide use in California remains at record high, new data show
Pesticide use is significantly higher in majority Latinx counties Sacramento: Agricultural pesticide use in California remains at a near-record high, according to data quietly released at the end of the year by the state agency responsible for tracking pesticide use....
Thank you Gov. Newsom for proposing increased pesticide fees
January 8, 2021 The statewide coalition Californians for Pesticide Reform applauds Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration for its commitment to better protect the health of all Californians by instituting an increased tiered mill fee in the proposed 2021-22 budget. A...
Number of farmworkers sickened by pesticides more than doubled in one year, according to state report
No apparent violation of the law in almost one-third of poisoning incidents points to the need for greater protections and notification Sacramento, CA: Before the Covid-19 pandemic starkly exposed the unique vulnerability of “essential” food system workers,...
After Chlorpyrifos: What Comes Next?
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: What comes next after the ban of one of California’s most widely-used agricultural pesticides? Today the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released recommendations from a workgroup convened by Governor Newsom last May to find...
Dear DPR Director Dolcini: The Public Has The Right To Know!
June 30, 2020 Director Val Dolcini via email val.dolcini@cdpr.ca.gov Dear Director Dolcini, Thank you for meeting with us on June 11 to discuss the need to establish the right to know in advance about nearby hazardous agricultural pesticide use in California. As you...
“Every home is a school”: State orders counties to protect children learning at home from pesticide exposure
Sacramento: Counties should use their full authority to guarantee the same protections from pesticide exposure at home that are already legally required for schools - and be prepared to back it up with stiff fines. That’s according to new executive guidance...
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Recalling a one-of-a-kind Chicano activist
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| FEATURED By Bill Monning A local hero and a one-of-a-kind Chicano activist, archivist and warrior has died. Juan Martinez passed away on May 10 after a long battle with cancer. Juan defied all the odds and remained a fighter to the end. Inspired at an early age after he and his father came upon a...."Published studies by independent researchers have discovered links between imidacloprid and elevated risks of autism spectrum disorders and congenital heart defects, and a threefold increased risk of major brain defects at birth. Research also links the pesticide to memory loss and tremors ... [T]he California Department of Pesticide Regulation discovered 15 groundwater wells in Fresno, Santa Barbara and Tulare counties tainted with high concentrations of neonicotinoids like imidacloprid."
Alarming research on pesticide warrants curbs on its use
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Assembly Bill 2146 would ban residential outdoor use of neonicotinoid pesticides such as imidacloprid because they are contaminating drinking water.