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 – and we don’t think that’s right
TAKE ACTION: California needs safe alternatives to chlorpyrifos and other hazardous pesticides
Dear Governor Newsom: Pesticides are Air Contaminants too!
Governor Gavin Newsom California State Capitol #1114 Sacramento, CA 95814 November 13, 2019 Re: CARB and Air District authority to regulate pesticide Toxic Air Contaminants Dear Governor Newsom, On behalf of the Shafter AB 617 Steering Committee, Californians for...
California mulls new rules for cancer-causing pesticide 1,3 D or Telone
On heels of chlorpyrifos ban, public health and farmworker advocates call for restrictions on widely-used drift-prone fumigant Sacramento: Dozens of residents from across the state converged on the capital today to weigh in on new restrictions under discussion for the...
California announces end for brain-harming pesticide
Chlorpyrifos use will be banned in December 2020 Sacramento: In a historic win for public health, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation today announced a decisive end to the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos in California. Dow and other manufacturers...
Farmworker communities applaud California chlorpyrifos cancellation proceedings, alternatives work group
Community members relieved, urge speedy process Media contacts: Angel Garcia, angel@pesticidereform.org, 559-667-2966 & Byanka Santoyo, bsantoyo@crpe-ej.org, 661-865-0458 Sacramento, CA: This morning the Newsom administration sent notices to Dow and other...
"If a pregnant woman had high exposure to pesticides there’s a chance her baby could have a lower IQ level — almost 7 points lower, similar to lead poisoning. Researchers found links between pesticide exposure and respiratory illness, developmental disorders, and attention problems like ADHD. After all, these are toxins designed to shut down the nervous systems of insects."
www.kalw.org/post/pregnancy-and-pesticides-study-old-its-subjects-reveals-health-concerns#stream/0
Don’t forget the glyphosate, 2,4-D, atrazine etc..and birth defects.
Shame on Monterey County Board of Supervisors for refusing to let schools know when toxic and drift prone fumigant pesticide use is planned near schools. And Monterey County Supervisor Luis A. Alejo, you're right, #notsatisfied #right2knowca
Call to expand pesticide notification program rejected by county board
SALINAS — A plea by activists led by the Safe Ag Safe Schools group for the Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner to make a pilot pesticide use notification program permanent and expand i…Trump and Monsanto/Bayer are paying officials off!!! Follow the money!!!!!!!!
“Ignoring the demonstrated harm to children doesn’t make #chlorpyrifos safe, it just shows a commitment to keep a toxic pesticide in the market and in our food at all cost.” - Patti Goldman, Earthjustice attorney
EPA Ignores Evidence Chlorpyrifos Causes Permanent Damage To Children’s Brains
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is rejecting extensive scientific evidence that even low levels of the pesticide chlorpyrifos damages children’s brains.It’s not that they don’t care, it’s doing just what they want it to do. And we are all natural children, if you didn’t sell out.
Here’s your sign...