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Press Releases
Aug 17, 2017
Air testing shows unsafe levels of brain-harming pesticide in Kern County
Chlorpyrifos found in air more than 18 times higher than EPA level of concern Shafter, CA – Chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide linked to IQ loss and autism, has been found in the air in Kern County...
Aug 8, 2017
Pesticide feds failed to ban responsible for major farmworker poisoning incident
Company fined for illegal drift of brain-harming chlorpyrifos in Kern County For Immediate Release: August 8, 2017 Bakersfield, CA - The Kern County Agricultural Commissioner confirmed today that one...
Aug 2, 2017
Kern Farmworkers Sickened Again by Pesticide Drift
Farmworker groups call for advanced web-posting of pesticide applications For Immediate Release: August 2, 2017 Bakersfield, CA – A pesticide drift incident in southwest Bakersfield this morning...
Press Statements
Aug 18, 2017
Health & Farmworker Advocates Respond to California Chlorpyrifos Announcement
For Immediate Release: August 18, 2017 Earlier today, California officials at the California...
Aug 14, 2017
Food and farming group condemns racist violence in Virginia
For Immediate Release: August 14, 2017 On August 11 and 12, white nationalist groups rallied and...
Jul 5, 2017
PAN North America Announces Farmer as New Board Chair
For Immediate Release: July 5th, 2017 Atlantic, Iowa - Pesticide Action Network (PAN) North America...