Reports
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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....
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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...
read moreFailing 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...
read more“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...
read moreHealthy 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)...
read moreLearning 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...
read moreGreen 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...
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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...
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Policy Brief: Better Safe than Sorry: Preventing Pesticide Drift in California
This article calls on California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to take immediate actions to prevent pesticide drift incidents, including phasing-out highly toxic and drift-prone pesticides
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Pesticide Protection Zones: Keeping Kids Safe at School
Pesticide Protection Zones: Keeping Kids Safe at School analyzes current requirements for protection zones around schools in California’s 25 largest agricultural-production counties.
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Healthy Children & Green Jobs: A Platform for Pesticide Reform
The Californians for Pesticide Reform coalition is releasing Healthy Children & Green Jobs: A Platform for Pesticide Reform, health-protective policy for the incoming Brown Administration.
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A Generation in Jeopardy: How pesticides are undermining our children’s health & intelligence
Kids today are sicker than they were a generation ago, and a growing body of scientific evidence points to pesticides as a reason why.
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Protecting Their Potential: Ensuring California’s school children are safe from hazardous pesticides
Analysis and policy recommendations based on California Department of Public Health report on pesticide use near schools
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