Federal Court orders national ban on brain-harming chlorpyrifos within 60 days
Decision confirms that California must also take action to protect communities now Sacramento, CA: Slamming the Trump administration’s repudiation of science, today the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to adopt a nationwide...
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State finds widespread risk from brain-harming pesticide
Nerve agent chlorpyrifos is a Toxic Air Contaminant that threatens agricultural communities and harms children’s developing brains, state scientists agree Sacramento, CA: California took a step closer Monday to curbing the use of a pesticide linked to permanent brain...
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Hawaii first in the nation to ban brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos
Hawaii’s bold action contrasts with California’s baby steps Sacramento, CA: Hawai'i Governor David Ige signed a ban of the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos into law Wednesday, making the Aloha State the first in the nation to ban the chemical linked to autism,...
read moreState agency fails to protect vulnerable communities from pesticide exposure, report finds
Department of Pesticide Regulation receives poor marks in 2nd annual agency assessment The state agency charged with regulating California’s pesticide industry allows manufacturers to make up their own usage rules, continues to allow a brain-damaging chemical to be...
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Pesticide Use Near Record High in California
Sacramento, CA: Agricultural pesticide use in California remains at a near-record high, according to data quietly released this week by the state agency responsible for tracking pesticide use. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s (DPR) latest numbers...
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Growing Olives Without Pesticides in the San Joaquin Valley
Kanwarjit Boparai | Olive Farmer By Joan Cusick Kanwarjit Boparai practices and teaches veterinary medicine, but he believes that agriculture “is in my blood.” “My family is from Punjab, India, which is sort of a breadbasket of India, and California is sort of a...
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Six Companies Fined for Pesticide Violations in Bakersfield Incident
Almost 100 workers sickened by hazardous pesticides drifting from nearby fields Bakersfield, CA – Six companies were slapped with almost $50,000 in fines for eleven violations related to a pesticide drift incident in August that affected nearly 100 workers in...
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It’s Official: Chlorpyrifos is a Prop 65-Listed Chemical
For Immediate Release: November 29, 2017 Sacramento, CA - Earlier today, one of California’s leading independent scientific bodies unanimously declared that the insecticide chlorpyrifos is a developmental toxicant, strengthening the case for state officials to...
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New Rule Puts Limits on Pesticide Use Near Schools
First-ever statewide school buffer zone hailed as a step forward but more is needed, advocates caution Sacramento, CA – A new rule announced today designed to reduce acute exposure to hazardous agricultural pesticides for California schoolchildren and staff was...
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DPR blasted for weak mitigations on chlorpyrifos
On October 3, 2017, officials at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) issued recommended Interim Mitigations for chlorpyrifos to the state’s County Agricultural Commissioners. The mitigations are intended to reduce exposure to chlorpyrifos while...
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"Un jurado en California condenó a Monsanto a indemnizar con 289 millones de dólares a un hombre que asegura que el cáncer terminal que padece se debe a su exposición a un producto de la multinacional que contiene el polémico herbicida glifosato"
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)
"Chlorpyrifos is too often used in agricultural fields next to our children's schools and in fields where women farmworkers often work during their pregnancies, endangering the health of our community," Central Coast United for A Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) wrote in a statement released Aug. 10.CAUSE and other organizations hosted a pesticide reform rally on March 30, where community members called on the Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner's Office to impose a countywide ban on chlorpyrifos use.
"Ending its use is a historic victory for protecting the health of farmworkers, pregnant women, and children in our community," CAUSE wrote in the statement, "as well as the air, water, and soil of our region." "
Un jurado en California condenó a Monsanto a indemnizar con 289 millones de dólares a un hombre que asegura que el cáncer terminal que padece se debe a su exposición a un producto de la multinacional que contiene el polémico herbicida glifosato.
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Dewayne Johnson, sostiene que utilizó el herbicida Roundup de Monsanto de manera frecuente mientras trabajó como jardinero para el distrito escolar de San Francisco