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.
We've teamed up with UC to measure pesticides in the air in the San Joaquin Valley. Thanks to the California Air Resources Board for funding this research. environmentalhealth.ucdavis.edu/communities/pesticide-air-monitoring-backpack-central-valley
Backpack air monitoring: UC Davis citizen science project takes off
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The air sampler is on the top right side of the backpack.A new research project stemming from one of theCalifornia is leading on universal access to school food, and must also lead on reducing the pollution burden on low income rural communities of color by spending state funds on #organic food. Thanks State for your leadership on this issue, please use the mighty power of the state to encourage safe and sustainable farming practices.
Op-ed: Transforming School Food Requires More than Universal Access | Civil Eats
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Providing free meals to all students is important, but kids also need a school food program that addresses historical discrimination, celebrates diverse foodways, and creates a more just future for our children.
Kern County Ag Commissioner Glenn Fankhauser continues to defy an order from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to provide advance notice of applications of four hazardous pesticides in and around the town of Shafter.
"He is not doing his job and the Kern County Board of Supervisors must fire him" - Shafter resident Maria Anabel Marquez
Letter to the editor: Public must be informed on pesticides
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No, Kern County Agricultural Commissioner Glenn Fankhauser has not proposed door hanger notifications for homes near "planned chemical applications in and around Shafter" ("Activists pushing for pesticide notifications rally outside