1. Prohibit the use of any pesticide
known or suspected to cause cancer, birth defects, neurological damage,
or that are in the highest acute toxicity category. During any phaseout
period, require a minimum 14 day quarantine period before workers can
reenter a work area in which any such pesticide has been applied.
2. Prohibit all aerial application
of pesticides.
3. Guarantee farmworkers the
right to know what specific pesticides are used in their workplace through
crop sheets, posting of warning signs and training which covers health
effects, protective clothing and other safety information in the language
the workers understand.
4. Require and enforce a mandatory
national pesticide use reporting system for all users to include all
active and inert ingredients in all products.
5. Require and enforce a mandatory
national reporting system for all potential pesticide-related incidents
and illnesses by agricultural employers and health professionals.
6. Guarantee all farmworkers
the right to bring an action to enforce their rights under the law including
employer retaliation, violation of the U.S. Worker Protection Standard
and regulation of toxic pesticides.
7. Guarantee all farmworkers
the rights to organize, have union representation, earn a living wage
and overtime pay, have strong child labor provisions, work in a safe
workplace and obtain workers' compensation benefits.
8.Require and fund a continuing
program, with the cooperation and approval of farmworkers, for both
biological and environmental monitoring of pesticides among farmworker
families and their communities.
9. Require and fund research,
with the cooperation and approval of farmworkers, to set up a program
to monitor long-term effects of pesticides including cancer, reproductive
harm and neurological damage.
10. Change federal and state
agricultural funding to promote and research the transition from toxic
pesticides to biorational and sustainable pest control methods.
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