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- 01/13/2019 Farm Forum: EPA backs down from plan that could have allowed youth farmworkers to handle pesticides
- 01/12/2019 Farm Forum: Contracted mandarin pickers protest pay-rate decrease by Wonderful Citrus
- 01/12/2019 TheGardenIsland.com (CA): Nation looks at chlorpyrifos ban
- 01/11/2019 Yuba Net (NV): In Stunning Reversal, EPA Stops Plan to Let Minors Handle ..Dangerous Pesticides
- 01/11/2019 Environmental Working Group: Trump EPA Walks Back Youth Pesticide Proposal, Coal Miners Turn Their Back on the President and More
- 01/10/2019 Los Angeles Times: EPA backs down from plan that could have allowed youth farmworkers to handle pesticides
- 01/08/2019 Food Dive: Residue of banned pesticide found on California produce | Food Dive
- 01/04/2019 The Californian: State finds some Monterey County produce exceeded pesticide limits
- 12/30/2018 Las Vegas Sun: Dismissing science has put these California workers at risk
- 12/28/2018 Legal Reader: Chloryrifos is Dangerous, but Hasn’t Been Banned
- 12/28/2018 Nation of Change: Here’s how Trump’s environmental record is hurting communities worldwide
- 12/27/2018 New York Times: President Trump’s retreat on the environment is affecting communities
- 12/27/2018 Monterey County Weekly: New pesticide restrictions are coming Jan. 1 as officials revisit toxicity analysis.
- 12/27/2018 New York Times: California Today: Surviving Two Mass Shootings, and Then Deploying
- 12/27/2018 Bakersfield Now (CA): Kern county leads the state with use of toxic pesticide, but plans to regulate it
- 12/24/2018 KQED (CA): Fines in ‘Cuties’ Pesticide Case Drastically Reduced
- 12/22/2018 Davis Enterprise (CA): Woodland farms resolve pesticide exposure allegations
- 12/21/2018 Daily Democrat (CA): Woodland ag companies fined by Yolo DA for overusing pesticides
- 12/09/2018 Business Mirror: Protection of farmworkers from agri hazards pushed in Congress
- 12/08/2018 Bakersfield Californian: New pesticide regulations expected to reduce Kern’s crop yield
- 11/27/2018 The Scientist: Industry-Funded Pesticide Data Problematic, Study Shows
- 11/27/2018 Environmental Health News: Chemicals on our food: When “safe” may not really be safe
- 11/27/2018 The Scientist: Industry-Funded Pesticide Data Problematic, Study Shows
- 11/21/2018 Seattle Times: Save American families: Ban the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos
- 11/21/2018 KPFA 94.1 FM (CA): How food companies skew the science on what we eat; Plus: Generation priced out and the new urban America