by tabari | Oct 12, 2016 | Reports |
In 2000, California enacted a landmark law to protect schoolchildren, the Healthy Schools Act of 2000. The law was among the first in the United States to require notification of pesticide use at schools and to favor safer, greener pest management techniques –... 
by tabari | Oct 12, 2016 | Reports |
Poisoning the Air outlines the problems of airborne pesticides at the agricultural-urban frontier and in urban structural fumigations, discusses health effects of airborne pesticides and reveals how government agencies have failed to implement laws to protect the... 
by tabari | Oct 12, 2016 | Reports |
A Policy Brief by Latino Issues Forum and Redefining Progress, 2004. 8 pages. Better Safe than Sorry calls on California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to take immediate actions to prevent pesticide drift incidents, including phasing out highly toxic... 
by tabari | Oct 12, 2016 | Reports |
A report written by Pesticide Watch and Center for Environmental Health. March, 2010 Pesticide Protection Zones: Keeping Kids Safe at School analyzes current requirements for protection zones around schools in California’s 25 largest agricultural-production... 
by tabari | Oct 11, 2016 | Reports |
A Policy Brief for the Brown Administration The Californians for Pesticide Reform coalition is releasing Healthy Children & Green Jobs: A Platform for Pesticide Reform, a set of scientifically-grounded, health-protective policy recommendations for the incoming... 
by tabari | Oct 11, 2016 | Reports |
Kids today are sicker than they were a generation ago, and a growing body of scientific evidence points to pesticides as a reason why. From childhood cancers to learning disabilities and asthma, a wide range of childhood diseases and disorders are on the rise....