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June 23, 2015 | Article

Buenos Dias, D.C. – El Impacto de pesticidas

Andrea Delgado, Representante Legislativa de Earthjustice, fue invitada a Buenos Dias, D.C. con el joven Fernando Rodríguez. Hablaron sobre los pesticidas y el impacto en el medio ambiente.

June 23, 2015 | Article

Buenos Dias, D.C. – It's Time to Deal with the Effects of Pesticides

Earthjustice Legislative Representative Andrea Delgado appeared on Buenos Dias, D.C. with farmworker Fernando Rodriguez to speak about the impacts of pesticides on health and environment.

June 10, 2015 | Press Release

Court Orders EPA to Decide to Act on Dangerous Pesticide

Agency must decide by month's end whether it will ban nerve gas pesticide

April 30, 2015 | Legal Document

Chlorpyrifos Ban: Technical Comments

Farmworker and Conservation Comments on Chlorpyrifos Revised Human Health Risk Assessment. Submitted by Earthjustice, Farmworker Justice, Natural Resources Defense Council, Pesticide Action Network, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, United Farm Workers on EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0850

April 30, 2015 | Letter

Public Interest Group Letter to Ban Chlorpyrifos

Letter to the EPA's Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division Regarding Comments on Proposed Chlorpyrifos Revised Human Health Risk Assessment (EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0850).

April 30, 2015 | Letter

Chlorpyrifos Health Professionals Letter

Health professionals call for ban on chlorpyrifos .

April 30, 2015 | Press Release

Groups, Along with More Than 150,000 Individuals, Call for Ban on Dangerous Pesticide

Continued widespread agricultural use of chlorpyrifos harms children’s health

April 2, 2015 | Article

Strengthen Protections for Those Who Help Grow Our Food

We live in one of the richest nations on earth, but nearly 3 million agricultural workers who cultivate and harvest our food lack the basic protections they need to keep themselves and their families safe from harmful pesticides.

March 31, 2015 | Article

Today is Cesar Chavez Day

Today we are honoring Cesar Chavez, an American farmworker, civil rights activist and labor leader that co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with Dolores Huerta.

March 30, 2015 | Article

EPA Fails Farmworkers, Again

As Farmworker Awareness Week draws to a close, the EPA has once again shuffled its papers and announced that it will do next to nothing to further protect farmworkers and their families from chlorpyrifos, a dangerous neurotoxic pesticide.

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