Every year, approximately 20,000 agricultural workers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — or as many as 300,000, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office — suffer pesticide poisoning. The immediate aftermath of acute pesticide poisoning can result in rashes, vomiting, and even death. In the long-term, pesticide exposure has been associated…

Plaintiffs move for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and a preliminary injunction enjoining a regulation of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), scheduled to be implemented on December 29, 2020, from going into effect. Plaintiffs also move for a stay pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 705. For the following reasons, the TRO is granted and the Court will stay the effective date of the challenged rule, until January 12, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 705, pending a hearing on the application for a preliminary injunction.

Two million farmworkers are now more vulnerable to pesticide poisoning

Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc. et al v US EPA

Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc. et al v US EPA

Rural & Migrant Ministry et al. v US EPA, re: AEZ Rollbacks

Two million farmworkers are now more vulnerable to pesticide poisoning

Dos millones de trabajadores agrícolas son ahora más vulnerables envenenamientos

The people who grow our food deserve the same health protections that you and I enjoy. This Thanksgiving, you can take action to help them.

Farmworker and environmental health advocates praise Senate for preserving pesticide rules

From banning toxic nerve agent pesticides to protecting our farmworkers, Earthjustice remains committed to remaking our food system into one that nourishes and sustains life for all of us.

EPA acknowledges the updated training materials have been ready for more than a year, but is refusing to issue a notice in the Federal Register announcing their availability. Doing so would make the improved training mandatory for the industry.

Delaying pesticide training materials puts the health of workers and families at risk

Farmworker Justice and Earthjustice file a lawsuit to force the Environmental Protection Agency to turn over communications between EPA and interest groups related to the anticipated gutting of pesticide safeguards that protect farmworkers, families, and communities from toxic chemicals.

Revisions to crucial pesticide protections could let minors work with pesticides, again

The undersigned organizations urge the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to preserve the existing protections and to move forward with full implementation and enforcement

Esta es la XIX Semana Nacional de Concienciación del Trabajador Agrícola. Durante esta semana, el país le rinde honor a los 2.5 millones de hombres y mujeres que trabajan la tierra, desde el amanecer hasta que se pone el sol.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rules the Environmental Protection Agency illegally delayed implementation of key pesticide rules that in part prevent minors from working with the most dangerous pesticides.