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Legislative Director, Healthy Communities

Farmworkers pick strawberries in Wayne County, NY.
February 24, 2014

EPA to Farmworkers: Ask the Boss to Show You the Papers

By Andrea Delgado  /  Washington, D.C. Office

After more than two decades, the EPA has announced revisions to the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard, an outdated standard intended to protect farmworkers from pesticide exposure. While advocates welcomed signs of life in progress to provide stronger protections from pesticides for approximately 2 million farmworkers, the proposal raises questions about the EPA’s understanding of the population the WPS is meant to serve.

October 18, 2013

To House Majority, Coal Ash is More Important Than People

By Andrea Delgado  /  Washington, D.C. Office

On Wednesday night, with less than two hours before the country defaulted on its debts, Congress ended the standoff that shut the government down for 16 days, kept countless federal workers without work or pay, and left anyone watching disheartened by partisan antics. In the end, it amounted to Congress deciding to do its job …

September 26, 2013

Tr-Ash Talk: Penn. Latinos Endure Toxic Neighbor

By Andrea Delgado  /  Washington, D.C. Office

In northeast Pennsylvania, about an hour northwest of Allentown, lies Hazleton, a city with the dubious reputation of enacting ordinances that fueled ethnic tensions and anti-immigrant sentiment. In 2008, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) pointed to Hazelton’s policies for fostering an environment conducive to hate after Luis Ramirez, a young father …

March 29, 2013

Happy Birthday, Cesar E. Chavez

By Andrea Delgado  /  Washington, D.C. Office

Injustices plague farmworkers while administration turns a blind eye

March 19, 2013

Senate Showdown Over Health, Environment

By Andrea Delgado  /  Policy and Legislation Team

Arsenic-infused drinking water, the risk of cancer, and the fear of being washed away by a flood of toxic sludge are a burden of concern for Americans living near more than 1,300 toxic coal ash dump sites.They have expressed their concerns through numerous letters to Congress, petitions, and more than 450,000 public comments to the …

September 27, 2012

Tr-Ash Talk: Puerto Rico Communities Seek Justice, Protection

By Andrea Delgado & Lisa Evans  /  Washington, D.C. Office

Fed up with the illegal dumping of toxic waste in their communities, a group of concerned citizens from Guayama and Salinas, Puerto Rico, Comité Dialogo Ambiental (CDA), has drawn a line in the sand. CDA will take AES Corporation—theVirginia-based energy giant—to federal court unless it meets the group’s demands and stops the dangerous dumping of toxic waste from its Guayama power plant.