Reports

The Advisory Opinion of the People's Tribunal on Pesticides and Civil Rights finds widespread and systemic violations of the civil rights of farmworking communities in California, whose residents are overwhelmingly Latino and Indigenous. 

We know something about the nature and power of the fumigant pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D). Yet, the State body in charge of regulating 1,3-D, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), has proposed a policy grounded in toxicity assumptions that...

In partnership with NRDC and the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University, CPR produced this 2022 report on the climate, health and economic case for expansion of organic agriculture. The full report is here.  The executive summary is...

Recent studies by researchers at UCLA and other California universities have established a link between prenatal residential proximity to 13 pesticides and increased incidence of childhood cancers. Twelve of the 13 are still registered for use in California, and only...

The highest level ever recorded (50ppb) was measured at DPR's air monitoring station located at Shafter High School in January 2018. Levels were likely even higher in surrounding neighborhoods. When a level of 30ppb was measured in 1990, Telone was banned for five...

This guide explains what to do in case of pesticide exposure, whether at home, work, school or in public. The guide includes information on health risk and symptoms, how to report, and who to call for help.

Chlorpyrifos is a neurotoxic organophosphate (OP) insecticide used in the production of fruits and vegetables throughout the U.S. Because of research showing direct impacts on children’s health, chlorpyrifos was banned for indoor home use in 2001. However, the U.S....

Chlorpyrifos is a potent neurotoxin, widely used in California agriculture. After US EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in March 2017 defied his own scientists and refused to ban chlorpyrifos, pressure is mounting on California  to exercise leadership on the issue....

Kids on the Frontline reflects a rigorous assessment of dozens of independent studies documenting links between pesticide exposure and children’s health harms. It builds on our extensive 2012 report, A Generation in Jeopardy. The science linking agricultural...

Poisoning the Air outlines the problems of airborne pesticides at the agricultural-urban frontier and in urban structural fumigations, discusses health effects of airborne pesticides and reveals how government agencies have failed to implement laws to protect the...

This article calls on California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to take immediate actions to prevent pesticide drift incidents, including phasing-out highly toxic and drift-prone pesticides

Pesticide Protection Zones: Keeping Kids Safe at School analyzes current requirements for protection zones around schools in California’s 25 largest agricultural-production counties.

The Californians for Pesticide Reform coalition is releasing Healthy Children & Green Jobs: A Platform for Pesticide Reform, health-protective policy for the incoming Brown Administration.

Kids today are sicker than they were a generation ago, and a growing body of scientific evidence points to pesticides as a reason why.

Analysis and policy recommendations based on California Department of Public Health report on pesticide use near schools