Pesticide use is at near record high levels, newly released state data show
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...
Pesticide use in California remains at record high, new data show
Pesticide use is significantly higher in majority Latinx counties Sacramento: Agricultural pesticide use in California remains at a near-record high, according to data quietly released at the end of the year by the state agency responsible for tracking pesticide use....
Thank you Gov. Newsom for proposing increased pesticide fees
January 8, 2021 The statewide coalition Californians for Pesticide Reform applauds Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration for its commitment to better protect the health of all Californians by instituting an increased tiered mill fee in the proposed 2021-22 budget. A...
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“Exposure to certain pesticides, simply through residential proximity to agricultural applications during pregnancy, may increase the risk of childhood central nervous system tumors…policy interventions to reduce pesticide exposure in individuals residing near agricultural fields should be considered to protect the health of children.” – Dr. Beate Ritz, MD, PhD
Study of the Week: Prenatal Exposure to Pesticides a Risk Factor for Brain Tumors - Patient Worthy
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In this Study of the Week we discuss a study that linked certain CNS and brain tumors to prenatal exposure to specific pesticides.Center for Food Safety's Bill Freese: "If even an agrichemical giant like Corteva is dropping dicamba to avoid liability from the enormous, widely-documented drift damage it causes, what will it take for the Biden Administration to end the use of these hazardous products on America's croplands for good?"
Corteva Drops Plant-Killing Pesticide Dicamba Amid Legal Battles, Drift Concerns
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Corteva Steers Away From Dicamba as Biden Administration to Permit Continued Use of Other Versions, Despite Massive Drift Damage ...
"DDT gets into the food chain when it is consumed from the contaminated ocean bottom by tiny marine creatures, which are then eaten by small fish, which are then consumed by larger fish and marine mammals, like sea lions."
How a shocking environmental disaster was uncovered off the California coast after 70 years
The lasting effects of DDT contamination are killing an alarming number of California sea lions.