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- 02/13/2025 The Modesto Bee: California aims to limit pesticide. Central Valley farmworker communities say it’s not enough
- 01/24/2025 ABC 7: Ventura County strawberry farmworkers harvest in thick smoke from Hughes Fire
- 01/02/2025 Environmental Working Group: Over 53,000 people call on President Biden to ban toxic weedkiller linked to Parkinson’s disease
- 11/23/2024 Nation of Change: Almost all air samples from agriculture-intensive communities in California detects high levels of pesticides
- 11/06/2024 Nation of Change: US senators demand EPA ban paraquat as evidence links toxic pesticide to surge in Parkinson’s disease
- 11/04/2024 Final Call News: Environmental injustice and struggles facing Latino migrant farmworkers
- 10/22/2024 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: EPA Finalizes Cancellation of the Pesticide Dacthal
- 10/15/2024 Agriculture Dive: EPA’s new rules protecting farmworkers from pesticide exposure
- 10/07/2024 Environmental Health News: The Biden administration reinstates stricter pesticide safety measures for farmworkers
- 10/03/2024 The Hill: Biden administration restores pre-Trump farmworker protections from pesticides
- 09/17/2024 The Cool Down: EPA cracks down on pesticide spray drift from farms that harms innocent people: ‘Ensure that vital public health protections are in place’
- 08/09/2024 Grist: Farmworker advocates celebrate rare EPA ban of toxic pesticide
- 08/09/2024 Smithonian Magazine: ‘Dangerous’ Pesticide That Could Harm Fetuses Is Pulled From the Market in Historic Move by EPA
- 08/06/2024 The Hill: EPA issues emergency order to halt use of dangerous pesticide
- 07/25/2024 MSN: Cancer Warning As Pesticides As Bad As Smoking, Scientists Claim
- 05/23/2024 EWG: Toxic pesticide linked to Parkinson’s may be banned in California
- 05/01/2024 The New Lede: EPA action on nerve agent used in food applauded, but concerns persist
- 05/01/2024 ProPublica: EPA Proposes Ban on Pesticide Widely Used on Fruits and Vegetables
- 05/01/2024 Truthout: EPA Changes Course on Widely Used Pesticide With Proposed Ban
- 04/30/2024 Earthjustice: EPA Proposes Banning Toxic Food Pesticide Over Drinking Water Concerns
- 04/09/2024 Los Angeles Times: California moves to ban use of the weedkiller paraquat
- 04/06/2024 Mother Jones: A New California Bill Aims to Ban Paraquat. Yep, That Toxic Stuff Is Still Around.
- 02/27/2024 Earth Justice: This Weed Killer Is Linked to Parkinson’s. Why Isn’t It Banned Yet?
- 02/21/2024 Bakersfield Now: Farmworker advocates allege civil rights violations in California’s pesticide regulation
- 02/20/2024 Inside Climate News: California Pesticide Regulators’ Lax Oversight Violates Civil Rights Laws, Coalition Charges