Cancer-Causing Pesticide Exceeds California’s Own Safety Trigger, Requiring State to Act
Data quietly posted online show level was 31% over state's action level Lindsay, California — Newly posted state air monitoring data reveal that the average annual level of the fumigant pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) near the Fresno County town of Parlier...
New Bill Targets Toxic “Forever Chemicals” on California Crops
AB 1603 sets a timeline to end PFAS pesticides by 2035 Tulare, CA — Currently, an estimated 2.5 million pounds of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” pesticides are used annually on California crops, resulting in PFAS residues on produce consumed across the nation....
Farmworker Advocates Sue California Over Conflicting Regulations for Cancer-Causing Fumigant Pesticide 1,3-D
Nine years after landmark court victory, California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s 1,3-D regulations still fall far short, say advocates Lindsay, CA — Nearly a decade after community members first sued the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) for...
UCLA Report Urges Stronger Oversight of Pesticide Mixtures and Legislative Action to Protect Public Health
Lindsay, CA. A new report from researchers at the UCLA School of Law and the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics calls for urgent reforms to California’s pesticide regulatory system, including stronger oversight of chemical mixtures and new legislative action to...
Communities Across California Call Unscientific Regulation of Cancer-Causing 1,3-D Racist, Demand Phaseout of Fumigants and 1-Mile Buffer Zones Around Schools.
Fumigant Use Near Schools has Increased in California over the past decade Click here for video of our press conference! Lindsay, CA. At five news conferences today November 18, farmworker communities across our State will speak of their outrage over the Department of...
Communities Across California Call Unscientific Regulation of Cancer-Causing 1,3-D Racist. Demand Phaseout of Fumigants and 1-Mile Buffer Zones Around Schools
Fumigant Use Near Schools has Increased in California over the past decade. Lindsay, CA. At five news conferences today, farmworker communities across our State will speak of their outrage over the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s recent policy regarding...
Pesticides detected in 80% of air monitoring samples, new report shows
Lindsay, CA. Pesticides continue to be pervasive in the air throughout California’s agricultural regions, according to the 2023 Air Monitoring Network Report released last month by the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). Weekly samples collected at DPR’s four...
State Regulator Misleads Public on Pesticide Residue Findings
Department of Pesticide Regulation’s report is part of a pattern of downplaying their own science SACRAMENTO, CA – Public health and environmental advocates are calling out the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) for a misleading and...
Farmworker communities disrupt public hearing, protesting regulation of cancer-causing pesticide as racist
"Die-in" action with chants of "DPR, you can't hide; we can see your racist side" Salinas, CA: On Thursday January 16, the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) hearing at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas (1 Main St.) on its draft regulation of...
Farmworker communities protest regulation of cancer-causing pesticide as unscientific and racist
Photo credit: Ruby Lee Schembari — Santa Cruz Local Public hearing Thursday January 16 at 5:45pm National Steinbeck Center, Salinas The Department of Pesticide Regulation continues to allow for 14 times more 1,3-dichloropropene in the air than the official State...
“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.
📖 Read article here:
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. 🎗🩷
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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...
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