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...
PETITION ALERT: The public isn’t told when hazardous pesticides are used nearby. We demand the right to know!
Can't read the warning? California keeps information about hazardous drift-prone pesticide applications secret from the public.
"Farmworker advocates and labor and health groups, working together as the Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) coalition, played crucial roles in the fight by attending hearings, writing letters, making public comments, and staging protests. 'Our engaged communities across the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Coast participated in a series of escalating tactics designed to compel the state to act on something that really should have been a no-brainer to act on,' says Jane Sellen, CPR’s co-director."
The Chlorpyrifos Ban Is a Win for Science—and Children
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NRDC advocates and our partners spent decades fighting against a highly toxic pesticide that harms kids, farmworkers, and their families. In August, the EPA finally banned it."We cannot count on the County Ag Commissioners to protect us. They have failed at this mandate for many decades now. Therefore, they must post pesticide warnings online, so we can do what they won’t: take care of our community’s health." -- Dr. Ann Lopez, Center for Farmworker Families
Letters to the Editor, Sept. 17 - The Pajaronian
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The Pajaronian welcomes letters. Letters and columns may be dropped off or mailed to The Pajaronian, 21 Brennan St., Suite 18, Watsonville, CA 95076."Advance notice of pesticide applications is essential, both for public health and for environmental justice. Farmworkers, children and seniors are our most vulnerable populations when it comes to pesticide exposures. All residents of agricultural communities have a right to know before hazardous chemicals are applied near their neighborhoods." -- Kathleen Kilpatrick, Woody Rehanek, Robin Spring
Guest View: Concerned residents say 'no' to pesticide sprays
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On Aug. 24, four of five Santa Cruz County Supervisors, except Greg Caput, from Pajaro Valley’s District 4, rejected the County Civil Grand Jury’s recommendation that they support an online pilot program to provide the public with advance notice of hazardous pesticides being applied in their nei...