DPR Chloropicrin Recommendations Leave CA Farm Workers, Schoolchildren, Rural Communities at Risk from Cancer-Causing Pesticide
The UFW is disappointed in California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s (DPR) new “recommended” restrictions on the use of chloropicrin. Their “recommendations” would allow Californians to be exposed to a cancer-causing pesticide at a level 25 times higher than its own scientists recommended. While the recommended restrictions may result in some small improvements in protection where implemented, County Agricultural Commissioners have authority to ignore the voluntary recommended chloropicrin use restrictions adopted. DPR’s job is to protect the public from harmful pesticide exposure.