Analysis and policy recommendations based on California Department of Public Health report on pesticide use near schools
Following the long-awaited release of a groundbreaking California Department of Public Health (CDPH) report on Agricultural Pesticide Use Near Public Schools in California, Californians for Pesticide Reform and children’s health advocates are calling on officials to take immediate steps to protect the state’s schoolchildren from agricultural pesticides. CPR’s policy brief Protecting Their Potential: Ensuring California’s school children are safe from pesticides clearly explains how children’s health and brain development are put at risk from pesticide exposure and how the CDPH report underscores the need for policies that reduce children’s exposure to pesticides.