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- 08/16/2017 KBAK (CA): Immigration activists picket Rep. Valadao’s Bakersfield office
- 08/15/2017 KIRO Seattle: Striking berry workers say conditions ‘unbearable’
- 08/15/2017 California Health Report: Environmentalists, Teachers Oppose Proposed State Pesticide Regulations
- 08/14/2017 UC Berkeley: Heavily used pesticide linked to breathing problems in farmworkers’ children
- 08/09/2017 Connecticut Watchdog: As FDA Testing Resumes Of Herbicide, So Does Connnecticut Opposition
- 08/09/2017 Capital Press: Farms fined after pesticide drift sickens farmworkers
- 08/08/2017 Pesticide feds failed to ban responsible for major farmworker poisoning incident
- 08/08/2017 KBAK TV (CBS) (CA): 2 ag companies get fines for pesticide drifts
- 08/08/2017 The New Food Economy: While regulators debate pesticide safety, California farmworkers keep getting sick
- 08/03/2017 Bakersfield Now (CA): Gosford Road reopens after pesticide exposure
- 08/02/2017 Kern Farmworkers Sickened Again by Pesticide Drift
- 08/02/2017 KERO Ch 23 (CA): Farm workers being treated for possible exposure to a chemical off Gosford Rd., south of Taft Hwy
- 08/02/2017 CBS Ch 29’s Claudette Stefanian LIVE (CA): Possible chemical exposure in Southwest Bakersfield. Multiple agencies on scene
- 08/02/2017 KBAK Ch 29 (CA)(: Part of Gosford Road closed after possible chemical exposure
- 08/02/2017 KGET Ch 17: KCFD (CA): Drift situation near orchards closes down Gosford Road
- 08/02/2017 Bakersfield.com (CA): Farmworkers may have been exposed to pesticide, Gosford Road closed south of Highway 119
- 07/30/2017 Sacramento Bee Editorial Board: As Trump denies science, California needs to step in
- 07/26/2017 Truth Out: Countering Trump’s Pro-Pesticide Move, Democrats Push to Ban Chemical Harmful to Children and Bees
- 07/26/2017 Metro US: Senators seek to ban brain-damaging pesticide the EPA wants to keep it legal
- 07/26/2017 Think Progress: Senate Democrats take on Trump, introduce bill to ban pesticide linked to brain damage
- 07/25/2017 UFW: Farm workers ready to fight back until Chlorpyrifos is banned
- 07/25/2017 News from Senator Tom Udall: VIDEO: Udall and Blumenthal, Joined by Moms, Farmworkers, Child Development Experts & Advocates, Unveil Bill to Ban Dangerous Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
- 07/25/2017 KQED: California Decides All Drinking Water Must Be Tested for a Toxin. But Who Pays?
- 07/25/2017 Reuters: U.S. senators seek ban on pesticide chlorpyrifos
- 07/25/2017 Medium; This Harmful Pesticide Should Have Been Banned Years Ago. Now It Could Finally Happen