DPR releases draft rule for cancer-causing fumigant pesticide that removes previous limits and allows even more use
Ignoring science, California will let growers use even more of a cancer-causing pesticide banned in 34 countries
New draft regulation eliminates existing use cap, defies court order to protect farmworkers, and ignores OEHHA state scientists on cancer risk Sacramento,CA: Under a court-ordered deadline to regulate the use of the cancer-causing fumigant pesticide...
Community Groups Urge Monterey Agricultural Commissioner to Stop Pesticide Spraying Near Public Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 12, 2022 Environmental review must be conducted to ensure safety of children, farmworkers, and teachers Contacts: Mark Weller, Californians for Pesticide Reform, mark@pesticidereform.org, 831-325-1681Miranda Fox, Earthjustice,...
Groups Sue EPA for Failing to Assess Real-World Harms of Pesticides
Lawsuit claims EPA does not review actual pesticide formulations in assessing pesticide risksCONTACT: Sylvia Wu, Center for Food Safety: 510-434-4871, swu@centerforfoodsafety.org SAN FRANCISCO — Four environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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Nayamin Martinez, CCEJN: "If growers in Kern County can receive information from neighboring growers before they apply pesticides and if four counties (Ventura, Riverside, Stanislaus and Santa Cruz) were able to implement a notification pilot this year, why do the rest of the San Joaquin Valley’s residents need to wait until 2024 to exercise our “right to know” that pesticides will be applied near our homes before the applications take place so that we can protect ourselves?" #stoppesticidesecrecy
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On Nov. 10, the small town of Orosi in northern Tulare County was the setting as more than a hundred residents from various counties across the San Joaquin Valley (Kern, Fresno, Madera, Stanislaus, Tulare) raised their voices to demand the following from the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR):... What to do when the state's risk assessor says a pesticide is unsafe, but the manufacturer wants to use more?
Well, if pesticide sales fund your department you obviously go with more.
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OEHHA Establishes Health-Protective Safe Level for Cancer-Causing Fumigant 1,3-D, But DPR Ignores It by Jane Sellen | Jul 26, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 commentsNovember 2022 Update:The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced its draft regulation for 1,3-dichloropropene which use...shows.zbsradio.com/20221121/02a5d42bc40c114.mp3 at 2:27:00. Discussion of cancer-causing 1,3-D draft regulation that allows for more 1,3-D use -- 14 times more than State toxicologists say is safe -- not less! #stoppesticidesecrecy