First-in-the-World Online Pesticide Notification System
Shafter, CA: For decades farmworker communities across California have demanded the right to know beforehand what, when, and where hazardous agricultural pesticides will be applied. They have wanted to be able to take safety precautions against exposure to pesticides...
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...
Farmworker communities protest regulation of cancer-causing pesticide as unscientific and racist
Calls for all Californians to be protected to the same cancer risk threshold for 1,3-D dominate hearing in Visalia Visalia, CA: Wednesday night, more than 100 people attended the Department of Pesticide Regulation's (DPR) public hearing at the Visalia Veterans’...
State announces new rule requiring advance notice of agricultural pesticide use
Advocates welcome the globally precedent-setting new regulation but call for the exact field location of applications Lindsay, CA. The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today announced a new rule that will provide notice to the public in advance of applications...
Farmworker communities call “separate and unequal” regulation of cancer-causing pesticide racist
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
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
For Immediate Release: July 8, 2024 Contacts: Angel Garcia, 559-667-2966, [email protected] Bianca Lopez, 209-338-7954, [email protected] Friday, July 12th Community Calls for Pesticide Notification to Include Location of the Upcoming Application...
Teachers, Community Groups, and Farmworkers File Lawsuit Challenging Toxic Pesticide Approvals Near Public Schools in Monterey County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 4, 2024 Regulators are failing to protect children from repeat exposure to the most dangerous pesticides MONTEREY, CA – A coalition has filed a lawsuit challenging the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and Monterey County...
During budget deficit, Governor Newsom invests in safer agriculture practices
January 11, 2024 Contact: Kayla Nichols, [email protected] Jane Sellen, [email protected] On Wednesday, January 10th, Governor Newsom released a request to the California legislature to approve a $33.3 million increase in funds and 117 new positions at the...
“Considering the fact that EPA’s own scientists have publicly expressed concern about EPA risk analyses for organophosphates not adequately addressing exposures to infants and children, it is unconscionable that the EPA continues to regulate OPs based on industry’s economic interests rather than sound, health-protective science,” said Margaret Reeves, Ph.D., senior scientist at Pesticide Action and Agroecology Network.
Organophosphate Pesticides Are Toxic, But the EPA Still Hasn’t Banned Them
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Organophosphates are a dangerous class of pesticides toxic enough to cause death, and Earthjustice is suing Trump’s EPA for their lack of action around their use.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Just some of those (Left to right: Francisco Rodriguez, Noemi Chico, Woody Rehanek, Alexia Rangel, Karen Cameron, Josh Ezekiel, and Jacob Sandoval) who attended this morning's court hearing in Monterey over our lawsuit against the Ag Commissioner and DPR to follow the law when approving or disapproving restricted (the most dangerous) pesticide applications. It is now in the Judge's hands.
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"Syngenta has always maintained that the evidence linking paraquat to Parkinson’s disease is 'fragmentary' and 'inconclusive.' But numerous scientific studies have found that paraquat damages cells in the brain in ways that can lead to Parkinson’s."
With trial approaching, Syngenta settles paraquat lawsuit brought by Parkinson's patient
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By Carey Gillam Less than a month ahead of what would have been the first US trial over allegations that a popular weedkiller made by agrochemical giant Syngenta causes Parkinson’s disease, the part...1 CommentsComment on Facebook