Tag Archives: EPA

Sign onto EPA petition to ban pesticide that harms children’s brains

From the United Farm Workers: Home use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos was banned over a decade ago because science showed it harms to children’s... Read More »

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Sign EPA petition: ban pesticide that harms children

A message from the United Farm Workers (UFW): "Home use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos was banned over a decade ago because science showed it harms ... Read More »

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Farm workers need these protections now

A message from PANNA (Pesticide Action Network of North America): "20 years is a long time. Yep, that’s how long it’s been since EPA first create... Read More »

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Tell EPA Safer Fields & Safer Families Matter

A Message from the Pesticide Action Network: Speak up for farmworkers Let’s make sure EPA implements better rules to protect farmworkers in the... Read More »

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NFWM Allies Challenge EPA’s Failure to Protect Children from Pesticides

A Message from Farmworker Justice: Environmental, health, and farmworker advocacy groups filed an Administrative Objection and a court appeal... Read More »

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Demand more protections for farm workers

Farm workers are some of the hardest working people in our country.  They play a vital and indispensable role in our entire food system, and all of u... Read More »

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EPA Offers Revisions to Worker Protection Standard

Press Release EPA Offers Revisions to Worker Protection Standard  Last week, the EPA proposed new changes for the Worker Protection Standard to addre... Read More »

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Protecting Farm Workers from Harmful Pesticides

A message from the Pesticide Action Network of North America: “Scientists tell us that pesticides can harm our health, even at the very low levels ... Read More »

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