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The Latest by Yana Garcia

Associate Attorney

From 2015–2017, Yana worked at the California regional office in San Francisco. Her practice areas included toxics, oil & gas extraction and crude oil transport and environmental justice issues.

The EPA has said that the protections would prevent at least a thousand acute poisonings every year.
June 29, 2017

Trump Revoked Key Pesticide Protections. We're Fighting Back.

By Yana Garcia  /  California Office & Sustainable Food & Farming Program

Trump's EPA took away key protections to prevent poisonings in homes and fields. Earthjustice and Farmworker Justice are suing the EPA in response.

Raid is a popular pesticide that is widely distributed throughout the U.S.
July 8, 2015

Buyer Beware: What We Don’t Know Could Hurt Us

By Yana Garcia  /  California Office

Because of lax labeling requirements, the public is left in the dark about hazardous pesticide ingredients.