March 23, 2020, SAN FRANCISCO – The Natural Resources Defense Council and Pesticide Action Network North America on Friday, March 20 filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of glyphosate, the most widely used pesticide in the United States. The lawsuit argues EPA’s approval of
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2020 California’s agricultural system is dependent on more than 200 million pounds of chemical pesticides, many of them hazardous and drift-prone. The long term sustainability of our food system will depend on shifting to ways of managing pests that don’t
State Commits to Robust Water Quality Monitoring Program to Inform Forthcoming Clean Water Act Permit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 18, 2019 Honolulu, HI — Community groups Na Kia‘i Kai, Surfrider Foundation, and Pesticide Action Network—represented by Earthjustice—and the State of Hawai‘i’s Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) entered
December 6, 2019, Brussels – Representatives from the European Member States in the EU Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) today voted to ban the neurotoxic pesticides chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl from the EU market, a historic move that has been applauded by health
For Immediate Release: October 22, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO — A federal district court entered an order today that commits the Environmental Protection Agency to assess the risks that eight of the nation’s most harmful pesticides pose to protected plants and animals. More than 75 million pounds
For Immediate Release: October 17, 2019 On heels of chlorpyrifos ban, public health and farmworker advocates call for restrictions on widely-used drift-prone fumigant Sacramento: Dozens of residents from across the state converged on the capital today to weigh in on new restrictions under discussion for
Chlorpyrifos use will be banned in December 2020 For Immediate Release: October 9, 2019 Sacramento: In a historic win for public health, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today announced a decisive end to the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos in California. Dow and other manufacturers
For Immediate Release—October 4, 2019 (Rome, Italy) An U.N. expert committee decided unanimously to recommend a complete global elimination for another toxic fluorinated “forever chemical.” Fluorinated chemicals are widespread pollutants threatening drinking water sources, public health and the occupational health of firefighters. They do not
Community members relieved, urge speedy process Sacramento, CA: This morning the Newsom administration sent notices to Dow and other manufacturers of its intention to cancel all registrations of the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos, the formal start of proceedings to cancel chlorpyrifos’ registration in California. The filing