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More than a hundred community members gathered outside the agricultural fields behind MacQuiddy Elementary School in ...
Community members in Watsonville and across Santa Cruz County are raising their voices, calling for change in how pesticides are used near homes and schools. American labor leader Dolores Huerta is ...
A few springs ago, I was engaged in my daily ritual of observing the garden, walking around to see what was coming up, ready ...
"Our analysis presents a snapshot of pesticide use. While the situation is alarming, it also offers a chance to implement ...
It's common knowledge that the monarch butterfly is in trouble. However, like the causes themselves, the story of why the ...
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to ensure pesticides sprayed directly into water bodies and streams to control weeds and ...
While it has been widely found that farmworkers bear the brunt of agricultural pesticide exposures in fields and outbuildings ...
After years of health concerns and advocacy from residents who live near farms, California has launched a first-in-the-nation program to let the public know beforehand when pesticides are going to ...
Pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, preservatives, toxic heavy metals like lead and mercury: Are micropoisons real—and dangerous? Experts reveal the truth.
Pesticide users have been urged to be vigilant to protect drinking water supplies ahead of the warmer weather expected over ...
After years of health concerns and advocacy from residents who live near farms, California has launched a first-in-the-nation ...