Remembering David Chatfield, CPR’s Founding Director
It is with heavy hearts that we write today to let you know that we lost our founding director and cherished friend and mentor, David Chatfield on December 4. David served as Executive Director of Californians for Pesticide Reform from 1997-2011, helping shape the...
Calls Mount for Advance Warning of Ag Pesticide Spray
Sacramento - Californians in farmworker communities gathered Thursday online as well as in-person, calling on the state and county governments to web-post advance warning of agricultural pesticide use, citing the known health impacts of pesticide exposure and the...
Pesticides on your food in California: An illegal helping once a week
State finds illegal pesticide residues on 1 in 25 pieces of produce Sacramento: Illegal levels of pesticides were detected on more than 1 in 25 pieces of produce sampled in California, according to recently released data by the California Department of Pesticide...
State Orders Kern Ag Commissioner to Give Advance Notice of Pesticide Use in Shafter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2021 Ag Commissioner refuses, vows to keep pesticide use secret Shafter, CA. – Public health advocates and residents of the Kern County town of Shafter are applauding the state for taking steps to implement a notification requirement...
Pesticide use in California remains at record high, new data show
Pesticide use is significantly higher in majority Latinx counties Sacramento: Agricultural pesticide use in California remains at a near-record high, according to data quietly released at the end of the year by the state agency responsible for tracking pesticide use....
Thank you Gov. Newsom for proposing increased pesticide fees
January 8, 2021 The statewide coalition Californians for Pesticide Reform applauds Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration for its commitment to better protect the health of all Californians by instituting an increased tiered mill fee in the proposed 2021-22 budget. A...
Number of farmworkers sickened by pesticides more than doubled in one year, according to state report
No apparent violation of the law in almost one-third of poisoning incidents points to the need for greater protections and notification Sacramento, CA: Before the Covid-19 pandemic starkly exposed the unique vulnerability of “essential” food system workers,...
After Chlorpyrifos: What Comes Next?
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: What comes next after the ban of one of California’s most widely-used agricultural pesticides? Today the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released recommendations from a workgroup convened by Governor Newsom last May to find...
Dear DPR Director Dolcini: The Public Has The Right To Know!
June 30, 2020 Director Val Dolcini via email val.dolcini@cdpr.ca.gov Dear Director Dolcini, Thank you for meeting with us on June 11 to discuss the need to establish the right to know in advance about nearby hazardous agricultural pesticide use in California. As you...
“Every home is a school”: State orders counties to protect children learning at home from pesticide exposure
Sacramento: Counties should use their full authority to guarantee the same protections from pesticide exposure at home that are already legally required for schools - and be prepared to back it up with stiff fines. That’s according to new executive guidance...
"David's leadership at Californians for Pesticide Reform shaped the organization into a model of cooperation, transparency and collective movement work in California and the United States. He leaves a legacy of the most comprehensive school and day care pesticide-free buffer zone regulation in the nation. As he did throughout his career, he possessed a deep commitment to ensuring that leadership came from those most directly affected by pesticides in California."
David Chatfield Obituary (1945 - 2021) San Francisco Chronicle
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View David Chatfield's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.A life well lived. An inspiration to others.
Nayamin Martinez, regarding notification for upcoming pesticide applications: "The residents have the right to know today, they had the right to know yesterday. And they don't need to wait until 2024, especially because the information is already at the tip of the fingers of the [County Ag] commissioners. They receive a notice of intent every time a farmer is going to apply a restricted material. And what we are asking is that you have information, just make it public put it in a website, so that anybody that wants to know has access to that information."
LISTEN: Nayamin Martinez on organizing for farmworker justice
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"The only sustainable way to move forward is if we stop using pesticides."EPA Proposes Reforms to Assess New Pesticides’ Harms to Endangered Species
EPA Proposes Reforms to Assess New Pesticides’ Harms to Endangered Species
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s pesticide office announced new policies today designed to address the agency’s multi-decade failure to assess harms to endangered species before approving new pesticides. For decades the EPA has failed to comply with the Endangered Species Act’s clear requ...