Nov 8, 2018
Rural residents demand relief from brain-damaging pesticide
For Immediate Release: November 9, 2018 Patience wears thin as state legislators join call for immediate ban of chlorpyrifos Sacramento, CA: The fate of a common agricultural pesticide linked to...
Oct 4, 2018
Calls intensify for California regulators to take action on chlorpyrifos
Trump Administration stalls court-ordered ban of brain-harming pesticide For immediate release: October 4, 2018 Sacramento, CA - The U.S. Justice Department has requested a rehearing of a decision by...
Sep 13, 2018
Over 60 Local Officials Call on the Farm Bill Conference Committee to Reject Local Pesticide Preemption
House proposal would wipe out communities’ power to prohibit pesticides FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, September 13, 2018 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, over 60 local officials from across the...
Aug 9, 2018
Court Slams EPA Failure to Protect Children and Farmworkers from Toxic Pesticide
Victory: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered to ban chlorpyrifos within 60 days For immediate release: August 9, 2018 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must ban a widely used...
Jul 30, 2018
State finds widespread risk from brain-harming pesticide
Nerve agent chlorpyrifos is a Toxic Air Contaminant that threatens agricultural communities and harms children’s developing brains, state scientists agree. For Immediate Release: July 30, 2018...
Jul 10, 2018
Groups make final push in court to ban pesticide linked to brain damage in children
EPA must take immediate action to ban chlorpyrifos For Immediate Release — July 9, 2018 SEATTLE, WA—Final arguments challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s refusal to ban a pesticide...
Jun 13, 2018
Hawai‘i does what EPA failed to do: First U.S. ban on chlorpyrifos enacted into law
For immediate release: June 13, 2018 Honolulu, Hawai‘i: Hawai'i made history today when Governor David Ige, watched by representatives of the community from across the islands, signed into law Senate...
May 10, 2018
State agency fails to protect vulnerable communities from pesticide exposure, report finds
Department of Pesticide Regulation receives poor marks in 2nd annual agency assessment For Immediate Release: May 10, 2018 Sacramento, CA: The state agency charged with regulating California’s...
May 2, 2018
Hawaiʻi Poised to Ban Neurotoxic Pesticide
For Immediate Release: May 2, 2018 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi - Late yesterday, the Hawaiʻi legislature passed a bill that would ban chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide known to harm children’s developing...
Apr 30, 2018
Global network responds to UN Symposium on Soil Pollution
PAN International calls for investment in agroecology April 30, 2018 — On May 2, experts from around the world will gather in Rome for a global symposium on soil pollution. The event, organised...