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Pesticide Protection for Farmworkers

Case Number # 5671

The Environmental Protection Agency is allowing the continued use of azinphos-methyl and phosmet, two highly dangerous agricultural chemicals that attack human nervous systems and can cause death. Earthjustice represents farmworkers and others to halt the use of the chemicals. In April 2005, the United States Supreme Court upheld the right of people to sue pesticide maufacturers to compensate for injuries caused by toxic pesticides. Earthjustice Managing Attorney Patti Goldman was the chief author of the friend of the court brief.
Frente Indigena Oaxaqueno Binacional
National Campaign Against the Misuse of Pesticides
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
United Farm Workers of America (UFW)
Patti Goldman

Press Releases

Legislation Would Give Authority to EPA to Protect Americans from Chemicals
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Reforms outdated law that leaves Americans vulnerable to toxic chemicals
EPA Bans Sale of AZM
Thursday, August 30, 2012
AZM exposure has poisoned farmworkers and their families
EPA Under Fire for Flawed Pesticide Decisions on Diazinon
Monday, July 28, 2008
Coalition sues EPA for failing to protect farmworkers, children, and wildlife
Lawsuit Asks EPA to End Use of Hazardous Pesticide in USA
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Endosulfan already banned in the European Union and 20 nations including Cambodia, the Philippines, and Tonga
Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides
Monday, April 7, 2008
The pesticides poison farmworkers and drift onto rural schoolyards and homes
Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Deadly Pesticide
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Pesticide poisons farm workers, drifts onto rural schoolyards and homes
Suit Filed to Speed Phase-out of Three Deadly Pesticides
Monday, February 5, 2007
Current six year phase-out for worst is likely to poison farmworkers
EPA Puts Deadline on Pesticide That Poisons Farmworkers
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Decision leaves pesticide on the market for 6 more years
Farmworkers file suit to protect workers from being poisoned by two harmful pesticides
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
EPA allows continued use despite unacceptable risks to workers
EPA Reaches Settlement Regarding Controversial Pesticide
Friday, September 20, 2002
Use of dangerous pesticide on food crops will be reduced.