FIRST IN THE WORLD: Californians win advance public notice of applications of fumigants and other hazardous pesticides
First-in-the-World Online Pesticide Notification System
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
"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
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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Our news conference on the nation's first online pesticide notification system!
News conference starts at about 8:30 in the video.
First-in-the-world online pesticide notification system is here!
California agency launches tool to give public notice before pesticides are used on farms
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Considered a victory for advocates and agricultural communities, the California DPR launches a statewide pesticide notification system“Since California uses more pesticides than any other state, including more than 130 pesticides that are not approved in the European Union, farmworker communities have demanded a ‘heads up’ in order to take measures to reduce the risk of exposure to our loved ones," CPR Co-director Angel Garcia said in a release. "We need far better protections from the State, but this is a giant step forward toward transparency about toxic pesticide use.”
First-ever online pesticide alert system SprayDays launches
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SprayDays, a first-of-its-kind pesticide notification system, has launched in California alerting communities about upcoming pesticide use.It's not impressive! We have to check it everyday! It shouldn't be up to us to monitor it! The applicators and farmers and even the Ag Commissioners office should contact us!