California pesticide use maps provide information about the location and amount of pesticides used for agricultural applications in 1999 in all of California's 58 counties. Developed by PANNA and Californians for Pesticide Reform. California pesticide use online maps.
Campos Envenenados: Los trabajadores agrícolas y los pesticidas en California (Reporte)
Este reporte escrito por PANNA, Unión de Campesinos (United Farm Workers-UFW, AFL-CIO) y la Fundación de Asistencia Legal Rural de California (California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation-CRLAF) revela que los trabajadores agrícolas de California enfrentan el riesgo de envenenarse con pesticidas más que cualquier otro segmento de la población y no están adecuadamente protegidos por las leyes de seguridad de pesticidas. Este reporte incluye el texto en Inglés. Online availability. Also available in hardcopy (see The PANNA shop).
Disrupting the Balance: Ecological Impacts of Pesticides in California (Report)
This 1999 report by PANNA and Californians for Pesticide Reform documents the alarming environmental consequences of pesticide use in California. Online availability. Also available in hardcopy (see The PANNA shop).
Fields of Poison 2002: California Farmworkers and Pesticides (Report)
This 2002 report by PANNA, United Farm Workers, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, and Californians for Pesticide Reform compiles information on reported farmworker pesticide poisonings and enforcement of pesticide worker health and safety laws throughout California. This report includes the text in Spanish. Online availability.
Fields of Poison: California Farmworkers and Pesticides (Report)
This 1999 report by PANNA, United Farm Workers, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, and Californians for Pesticide Reform reveals that California farmworkers face a greater risk of pesticide poisonings than any other segment of the population and are not adequately protected by pesticide safety laws. This report includes the text in Spanish. Online availability. Also available in hardcopy (see The PANNA shop).
Hooked on Poison: Pesticide Use in California 1991-1998 (Report)
This 2000 report by PANNA and Californians for Pesticide Reform reveals that in California use of carcinogenic pesticides has more than doubled during 1991 to 1998, and that total pesticide use in 1998 is at the highest level ever reported. Online availability. Also available in hardcopy (see The PANNA shop).
Pesticide Use Reduction in California: A Synthesis (Report)
1993. A report on PANNA's California pesticide use reduction project, including a draft pesticide use reduction plan for the state. PANNA. 16 pp. Available only in hardcopy (see The PANNA shop).
Rising Toxic Tide: Pesticide Use in California 1991-1995 (Report)
1997 report by PANNA and Californians for Pesticide Reform documenting the rising intensity of pesticide use in California. 35 pp. Available only in hardcopy (see The PANNA shop).
Secondhand Pesticides: Airborne Pesticide Drift in California (Report)
This 2003 report offers unique, new analysis of the scope of the problem of toxic airborne pesticide pollution in California. http://panna.org/resources/documents/secondhandDriftAvail.dv.html. Also available in hardcopy (see The PANNA shop).
The Economists Who Cried Wolf: How CDFA Exaggerated the Costs of a Methyl Bromide Ban (Article)
1996. Criticizes the California Department of Food and Agriculture's (CDFA) analysis of the methyl bromide ban and the failure of CDFA to serve the public interest by objectively analyzing the costs and benefits of banning this toxic chemical. PANNA. 9 pp. Available only in hardcopy (see The PANNA shop).
Web resources on Pierce's disease and the glassy-winged sharpshooter (Listing)
A useful listing of Websites with information on Pierce's disease and the glassy-winged sharpshooter. The listing.
Resources available elsewhere
Our collection of links to key related resources available elsewhere on the Internet. Feel free to submit or correct a link.
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Broken Trust: How Cal-EPA Has Kept Californians in the Dark about 66 Reproductive Toxins (Report) 1997 report by Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR), California Public Interest Research Group Charitable Trust and Natural Resources Defense Council documenting Cal-EPA's failure to include 66 reproductive toxicants on the Prop. 65 list. At the CPR Web site |
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California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) (Web site) DPR has primary responsibility for regulating all aspects of pesticides sales and use in order to protect public health and safeguard the natural environment in California. Site includes press releases, publications, scientific data and pesticide use reporting data. http://www.cdpr.ca.gov |
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California Proposition 65 (Web site) A product of The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Proposition 65 requires the Governor to publish a list of chemicals that are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. This list must be updated at least once a year and includes over 660 listed chemicals. http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/ |
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California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) (Web site) CRLA, founded in 1966, is a nonprofit legal services program focused on securing economic justice and human rights on behalf of the rural poor, providing more than 20,000 poor rural Californians with non-cost legal services and a variety of community education and outreach programs. http://www.crla.org |
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Californians for Alternatives to Toxics (CATs) (Web site) Information about pesticides and the groupÕs activities. http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/ |
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Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) (Web site) CPR's site includes campaign and other information about this statewide coalition. http://www.pesticidereform.org |
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Failing Health: Pesticide Use in California Schools (Report) 1998 report by Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) and California Public Interest Research Group Charitable Trust. Finds that many schools districts use pesticides associated with cancer, reproductive harm and nervous system toxicity. At the CPR Web site |
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Pesticide Briefing Kit (Packet) 1998. Comprehensive briefing kit by Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) provides general overview of pesticide issues, with a focus on California. Available only in hardcopy. http://www.igc.org/cpr/resources/reports.htm... |
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Poisoning the Air: Airborne Pesticides in California (Report) 1998 report by Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) and California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG). At the CPR Web site |
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@risk: Pesticides Used Within 1.5 Miles of California Schools, 1998 (Database) EWG's online database, @risk, provides information on all pesticides used within 1.5 miles of every school in California in 1998. http://gsi.ewg.org/fp.acgi$caweb98? |
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Toxic Fraud: Deceptive Advertising by Pest Control Companies (Report) 1998 report by Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) and California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) documenting widespread deceptive and illegal advertising in yellow page advertisements throughout California. At the CPR Web site |