Pesticides

The Latest On: Pesticides

August 7, 2019 | Letter

Joint Letter to Gov. Cuomo: Ban the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos to Protect New York’s Children and Farmworkers

Over 80 citizen, agricultural, disability, environmental, health, and labor advocacy groups sent a public letter to Gov. Cuomo urging him to protect the health of children and farmworkers by banning the brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos. Representing hundreds of thousands of members and supporters across New York State, the coalition formed following the Trump Administration’s refusal to ban chlorpyrifos this July.

August 7, 2019 | Press Release

Over 80 groups urge Gov. Cuomo to sign Senate bill S5343 and ban brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos

The legislation will protect children and farmworkers in New York, as Trump’s EPA refuses to act

August 6, 2019 | Press Release

Grupos Entablan Demanda Contra la EPA de Trump Por Negar Prohibición de Un Pesticida Nocivo para El Cerebro

El clorpirifós está vinculado con discapacidades intelectuales y de aprendizaje en niños y niñas

August 6, 2019 | Press Release

Groups Sue Trump’s EPA For Refusing To Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide

Chlorpyrifos is linked to learning and intellectual disabilities in children

July 18, 2019 | Press Release

La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Trump Permite Uso De Nocivo Pesticida En Vegetales y Frutas

El clorpirifós está relacionado con discapacidades intelectuales entre menores y es peligroso para trabajadores en el campo

July 18, 2019 | Legal Document

EPA Chlorpyrifos Decision

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announces the brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos can still be used on food, although mainstream science says this pesticide is unsafe for children and farmworkers. This decision meets the deadline ordered by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for the EPA to make a final decision on a petition to ban chlorpyrifos on food.