Webinar Recording: The Problem with Pesticides
May 25, 2023
Watch the recording of The Problem with Pesticides, a discussion hosted by Real Food Media featuring
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A year of wins for farmworkers
March 30, 2023
Organizations across the country are promoting National Farmworker Awareness Week, and we are inviting our supporters
PACTPA would correct pesticide law’s shortcomings
February 23, 2023
The Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act (PACTPA) was re-introduced in the Senate by Senator
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Our Focus
PAN advocates for change at the national level, promoting positive legislative efforts, pushing the EPA, USDA and Congress to implement pesticide-related protections for the people, and supporting efforts in our national courts to insure measures are carried out.
We participate in many federal coalition spaces, including Coming Clean and the HEAL Food Alliance, where we work on climate, toxic pesticides, and farmer-and farmworker justice issues. We help coordinate advocacy strategies across states and also connect the local and regional struggles in the US with international movements.
In our policy work, PAN advocates for a food and agriculture system shaped by communities; particularly rural people, farmers and farmworkers, indigenous peoples, and advocates for public health. We push federal decision-makers to reject industry-backed false solutions and implement pesticide protections rooted in the precautionary principle.
We believe that more and smaller farms, with a diverse population of farm stewards, can do more to address climate change and food insecurity than actions that are focused on corporate profits.
Our agriculture and food systems are stuck on a pesticide treadmill that threatens the health of our communities, our children, and our environment. PAN’s work on public health over the years has been to gather evidence using participatory science and develop resources in partnership with advocates and community members that illustrate the problem and outline solutions.
These resources, such as our Pesticide Info database and our Kids on the Frontline report make information available to the public to support actions for change toward agroecology.
The Pesticide Treadmill
Resources
Drift Catcher Reports
A historical roundup of reports on PAN’s Drift Catcher project.
Kids on the Frontline
“Kids on the Frontline” reflects a rigorous assessment of dozens of independent studies documenting links between pesticide exposure and children’s
Pesticides and Soil Health: State of the Science and Viable Alternatives
Pesticides pose a grave threat to organisms critical to healthy food and farm systems, including those that are important to
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Urge your Senators to support PACTPA!
It’s time to put people and pollinators over pesticide corporations’ bottom lines. Urge your Senators to co-sponsor and support passage of the
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Let’s create a healthy food system, together.