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Farmworkers from across the nation to meet with Congress to demand basic protections from exposure to hazardous pesticides

Find out what foods have high residues of these pesticide, where they are used, and how we are exposed.

Farmworkers from across the nation come to D.C. to secure safeguards from toxic pesticides

Earthjustice attorneys and policy staff discuss recent victories and the fights ahead to keep dangerous chemicals out of our homes and environment.

And how each of us could be affected if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guts these safeguards.

Two million farmworkers are now more vulnerable to pesticide poisoning

The pesticides poison farmworkers and drift onto rural schoolyards and homes

The EPA should ban the pesticides now under review and protect against them in the meantime with buffer zones.

Report shows exposure to organophosphates linked to intellectual disabilities and cancer

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When Mario Vargas showed up at the Washington, D.C., offices of representatives from his home state of Ohio in July of 2013, he shared stories from farmworkers who are getting sick from pesticides. Joined by his family and other farmworkers, he spoke about how it feels to inhale pesticides while pregnant, how farmworkers don’t know what their basic rights are, and how many workers are afraid to tell the truth about what is really going on in the fields.

Current six year phase-out for worst is likely to poison farmworkers

Documents show the EPA has determined that pesticides harm fish but has failed to take required action.

The record shows that the Trump’s efforts to weaken environmental regulations are no match for the law.

Third amended complaint in case aimed at speeding up the removal of three deadly pesticides.

The farmworkers who help bring fresh fruit and produce to your table aren’t protected by the safety standards most workers in the U.S. enjoy. The farmworkers’ reality is often a nightmare of back-breaking work and repeated exposure to toxic chemicals.

EPA allows continued use despite unacceptable risks to workers

New policy aims to correct decades of wrongdoings