Reports

Levels of cancer-causing Telone have spiked this year in Shafter

The highest level ever recorded (50ppb) was measured at DPR's air monitoring station located at Shafter High School in January 2018. Levels were likely even higher in surrounding neighborhoods. When a level of 30ppb was measured in 1990, Telone was banned for five...

What to do in case of pesticide exposure: A community response guide

This guide explains what to do in case of pesticide exposure, whether at home, work, school or in public. The guide includes information on health risk and symptoms, how to report, and who to call for help.

Alternatives to Chlorpyrifos

Chlorpyrifos is a neurotoxic organophosphate (OP) insecticide used in the production of fruits and vegetables throughout the U.S. Because of research showing direct impacts on children’s health, chlorpyrifos was banned for indoor home use in 2001. However, the U.S....

Chlorpyrifos Factsheet

Chlorpyrifos is a potent neurotoxin, widely used in California agriculture. After US EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in March 2017 defied his own scientists and refused to ban chlorpyrifos, pressure is mounting on California to exercise leadership on the issue....

Kids on the Frontline

Kids on the Frontline reflects a rigorous assessment of dozens of independent studies documenting links between pesticide exposure and children’s health harms. It builds on our extensive 2012 report, A Generation in Jeopardy. The science linking agricultural...

Failing Health: Pesticide Use in California Schools

Failing Health is a survey of pesticide use in many California school districts showing that highly toxic pesticides are used in schools and that parents, policy makers and the public are kept from getting basic information about pesticide use in schools. The report...

“P” is for Poison: Update on Pesticide Use in California Schools

by California Public Interest Research Group Charitable Trust, 2000. 32 pages. "P" is for Poison analyzes pesticide use in the 15 largest school districts in California. The report found that highly toxic pesticides are still being used in California schools. It...

Healthy Schools Pesticide Action Kit

This kit has resources to help you get hazardous pesticides out of your schools. It provides information for parents to take full advantage of the Healthy Schools Act of 2000, ideas on how to organize community interest in least-toxic Integrated Pest Management (IPM)...

Learning Curve: Charting Progress on Pesticide Use and the Healthy Schools Act

by California Public Interest Research Group Charitable Trust, 2002. 40 pages. Over one year after the Healthy Schools Act went into effect, Learning Curve reports on pesticide use and compliance with the Act in California's 15 largest school districts. The report...

Green Schools Within Reach: Moving Beyond the Healthy Schools Act of 2000

In 2000, California enacted a landmark law to protect schoolchildren, the Healthy Schools Act of 2000. The law was among the first in the United States to require notification of pesticide use at schools and to favor safer, greener pest management techniques - known...

Poisoning the Air: Airborne Pesticides in California

Poisoning the Air outlines the problems of airborne pesticides at the agricultural-urban frontier and in urban structural fumigations, discusses health effects of airborne pesticides and reveals how government agencies have failed to implement laws to protect the...