DPR releases regulation of cancer-causing fumigant pesticide 1,3-D, allowing for far more exposure in farmworking communities than state scientists say is safe
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Farmworker communities call “separate and unequal” regulation of cancer-causing pesticide racist

Nov 14, 2024

The Department of Pesticide Regulation continues to allow for 14 times more 1,3-dichloropropene in the air than the official State cancer risk level Lindsay, CA. The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released today a draft regulation of cancer-causing...

STATEMENT FROM CALIFORNIANS FOR PESTICIDE REFORM ON GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S SIGNING OF AB 1864

Sep 26, 2024

The Californians for Pesticide Reform coalition and our partners Valley Improvement Projects, Safe Ag Safe Schools, Pesticide Action Network and Future Leaders of Change applaud Governor Newsom for his decisive action in signing AB 1864 (Connolly). This law ensures...

Notification Hearings

Jul 3, 2024

For Immediate Release: July 8, 2024 Contacts: Angel Garcia, 559-667-2966, angel@pesticidereform.org Bianca Lopez, 209-338-7954, bianca@vip209.org Friday, July 12th Community Calls for Pesticide Notification to Include Location of the Upcoming Application...

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Californians for Pesticide Reform

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"The 0.04 ppb per day 1,3-D exposure level is what pesticide reform advocates say should be the one standard for all California residents, as that is the legal lifetime cancer risk level determined by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment." ... See MoreSee Less

Public Hearings for Pesticide Control - Community Alliance

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On Nov. 15, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) issued a draft regulation of cancer-causing pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene (aka 1,3-D, brand name Telone) that will create a two-tier system of protections—one level for adult workers and a second far less health-protective one for...

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