Comment period now open until December 6. Email ProjectNotify@cdpr.ca.gov and demand fully public information in advance about pesticide use!
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...
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Tell your senators to co-sponsor the Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act!
Our Best Shot at Stopping Toxic Pesticides
action.centerforfoodsafety.org
PACTPA offers the strongest pesticide protections since EPA was founded! But it needs co-sponsors in Congress before it can be made into law.
Wanna know BEFORE hazardous chemical pesticides are sprayed? Tell California we want to know what's going into our air, water, soil, clothes, hair, food before it's applied.
Send public comment by December 6 to ProjectNotify@cdpr.ca.gov.
So much to love in this bill, reintroduced today by Senator: Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act would:
- BAN OPs
- BAN neonics
- BAN paraquat
- SUSPEND pesticides that are banned in Europe
- END emergency and conditional approvals
A huge step forward for the health of America's farmworking communities who bear the brunt of the health harms from pesticide use.
#pactpa
More info here: centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/6510/senator-booker-reintroduces-legislation-in-congress-t... (thanks Center)