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First-in-the-World Online Pesticide Notification System

Mar 25, 2025

Shafter, CA: For decades farmworker communities across California have demanded the right to know beforehand what, when, and where hazardous agricultural pesticides will be applied. They have wanted to be able to take safety precautions against exposure to pesticides...

Farmworker communities disrupt public hearing, protesting regulation of cancer-causing pesticide as racist

Jan 17, 2025

"Die-in" action with chants of "DPR, you can't hide; we can see your racist side" Salinas, CA: On Thursday January 16, the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) hearing at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas (1 Main St.) on its draft regulation of...

Farmworker communities protest regulation of cancer-causing pesticide as unscientific and racist

Jan 15, 2025

Photo credit: Ruby Lee Schembari — Santa Cruz Local Public hearing Thursday January 16 at 5:45pm National Steinbeck Center, Salinas The Department of Pesticide Regulation continues to allow for 14 times more 1,3-dichloropropene in the air than the official State...

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Pesticide drift concerns in San Luis Obispo County! ... See MoreSee Less

We need better pesticide drift detection tools, so South SLO County residents are better protected | Commentaries | San Luis Obispo | New Times San Luis Obispo

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A year ago, June 13, 2024, there was a long-distance drift event from a fumigation using chloropicrin (tear gas) and 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-DCP) seriously impacting 33...

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Deadline for public comments for cancer-casuing 1,3-D is June 20! Tell DPR we need a regulation that protects ALL Californians to the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment lifetime cancer risk threshold of 0.04ppb at dpr24001@cdpr.ca.gov!

Deadline for public comments for cancer-casuing 1,3-D is June 20! Tell DPR we need a regulation that protects ALL Californians to the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment lifetime cancer risk threshold of 0.04ppb at dpr24001@cdpr.ca.gov! ... See MoreSee Less

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“A lot of our family, friends, and undocumented neighbors are targets—we are targets,” said Christina Gutierrez, the San Joaquin Valley regional environmental justice coordinator for Californians for Pesticide Reform. “My family depends on this type of movement.” ... See MoreSee Less

Immigration protests draw hundreds to downtown Fresno

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Immigration protests drew hundreds to downtown Fresno on Monday amid mounting political and legal tensions over Trump immigration policies.