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Environmental News
- 02/16/2024 Lookout Santa Cruz: Coalition plans federal lawsuit over pesticide exposure across California — including in Santa Cruz County
- 02/15/2024 KION 46: Farmworker activists continue to protest the use of pesticides, claiming these chemicals lead to cancer and other illnesses
- 02/13/2024 Beyond Pesticides: EPA’s Worker Protection Standard Fails to Protect Farmworkers’ Health, Report Finds
- 02/07/2024 CalMatters: Is California’s workplace safety agency protecting farmworkers? Legislators want to know
- 01/30/2024 Earthjustice: EPA Ignores the Science Linking Widely Used Herbicide to Parkinson’s Disease
- 01/18/2024 Brookings: US pesticide regulation is failing the hardest-hit communities. It’s time to fix it.
- 01/16/2024 Oregon Public Broadcasting: Most uses of controversial pesticide are now prohibited in Oregon
- 12/21/2023 Boise State Public Radio: How pesticides are impacting Latino farmworkers
- 12/14/2023 Center for Biological Diversity: Federal Court Rules Use of Antibiotic as Citrus Pesticide Is Unlawful, Vacates EPA Approval
- 12/13/2023 Earthjustice: Appeals Court Rules Use of Antibiotic as Citrus Pesticide Is Unlawful, Vacates EPA Approval
- 12/07/2023 EIN Newswire: Compliance Shortfalls Mean Pesticide Risks for Farmworkers, New Report Says
- 12/05/2023 Boise State University: Boise State researchers study effects of pesticides on Latinx farmworkers in Idaho
- 12/04/2023 Beyond Pesticides: Protection of Pregnant Farmworkers Under Civil Rights Protection; Will There Be Enforcement.
- 08/31/2023 Vigour Times Farmworkers in Coachella Valley Miss Out on Storm Aid Following Hilary’s Actions
- 08/31/2023 Record Bee: Coachella Valley farmworkers lost hundreds of dollars during storm Hilary. Financial aid options are slim.
- 08/22/2023 LAist: Flooded, Muddy Fields Leave Some Coachella Valley Farmworkers Shut Out
- 08/15/2023 In These Times: It’s too Hot to Keep Using Pesticides
- 06/29/2023 Coyote Gulch Blog: The legal loopholes that threaten farmworkers’ health and safety
- 06/22/2023 Clean Technica: USA Needs To Protect Its Farmworkers From “Danger Season”
- 06/22/2023 Inter Press Service: Opinion: Pesticide Exposure Drives Environmental Injustice: Latino Farmworkers and People Living Near Farming Communities At High Risk of Developing Parkinson’s
- 06/20/2023 Union of Concerned Citizens: The United States Needs to Protect Its Farmworkers from “Danger Season”
- 06/13/2023 Investigate Midwest: Illinois enacts law increasing penalties for exposing humans to pesticides
- 06/05/2023 Statesman Journal: Hazardous work bill heads to Gov. Kotek’s desk
- 05/13/2023 Sierra Sun Times: California Attorney General Says Biden Administration Is Right to Protect Farmworkers from Harmful Pesticides
- 05/12/2023 State of California Department of Justice: Attorney General Bonta: Biden Administration Is Right to Protect Farmworkers from Harmful Pesticides