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New Bill Targets Toxic “Forever Chemicals” on California Crops
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Farmworker Advocates Sue California Over Conflicting Regulations for Cancer-Causing Fumigant Pesticide 1,3-D
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“Our people are dying”, Dolores Huerta said as she plead for a stop of toxic pesticides used in agriculture during the Aug. 11 Press Conference.
A new article by journalist Liza Gross in Inside Climate News highlights several points raised during the Legislative Hearing on Department of Pesticide Regulation chaired by Assemblymember Damon Connolly and Senator Catherine Blakespear including:
💰CPR Co-Director Angel Garcia urged reform of the pesticide mill fee, warning that DPR’s dependence on pesticide-sale revenue creates a structural conflict of interest.
☢️ UC Berkeley’s Dr. Mora called for assessment of pesticide classes, mixtures, and cumulative impacts—not “one molecule at a time”—especially where exposures overlap with other socioeconomic stressors.
🚩Assemblymember Nick Schultz noted that paraquat manufacturers voluntarily canceled registrations rather than provide DPR-requested health data to comply with a mandated re-evaluation by AB 1963—revealing serious concerns over the department’s delayed process, lack of transparency, and low scientific rigor.
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California Pesticide Agency Hopelessly Captured by Industry, Critics Charge - Inside Climate News
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State regulators face calls to better protect low-income, Spanish-speaking immigrants from pesticide exposure in agricultural communities.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
💜 Shout out to our ally Breast Cancer Prevention Partners for showing up to our Press Conference and to the Legislative Oversight Hearing on DPR on August 11 to support communities highly impacted by pesticide exposure!
We are so thankful for their commitment to changing policies to reduce breast cancer risk among farmworkers and other frontline communities. 🎗🩷
#pesticides #FarmWorkers #breastcancer #advocacy
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📢 DPR, DO YOUR JOB!
On August 11, more than 100 community members and advocates from across California gathered outside the State Capitol for a powerful press conference ahead of the legislative hearing on the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). Together, they made their voices heard and called on DPR to protect the people most impacted by pesticide exposure.
We were honored to be joined by civil-rights and labor leader Dolores Huerta, who urged DPR to fulfill its responsibility to protect California’s farmworkers, children, and communities from harmful pesticides.
Speakers included:
- Cesar Lara, California Labor Federation of Monterey Bay Representative; CPR Steering Committee Member
- Dolores Huerta, Founder & President, Dolores Huerta Foundation
- Jacob Sandoval, State Director of California LULAC
- Sandra García, Former Farmworker; Director, Campesinas unidas Del Valle de san joaquin
- Erika Alfaro, Public Health Nurse, California CA Nurses for Environmental Health & Justice; Safe Ag Safe Schools Member
Panelists in the Legislative Hearing included:
- Angel García, CPR Co-Director
- Anne Katten, Work Health and Project Director for Center for California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
- Bianca Lopez, Co-Founder of Valley Improvement Projects - VIP
🎤 Check out our Press Conference here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1_oNhI1PAU
📹Watch the Legislative Hearing here: www.assembly.ca.gov/media/joint-hearing-assembly-environmental-safety-and-toxic-materials-committ...
#pesticides #farmworkers #EnvironmentalJustice
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