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A “people’s tribunal” urged California’s attorney general to investigate state and county pesticide regulators for severe violations that place disproportionate harm from agricultural chemicals on farmworkers and their families.
Assemblymember Damon Connolly, a Democrat who lives in San Rafael, wants to strengthen reporting requirements and enforcement.
Groups filed a legal challenge seeking to close a loophole allowing pesticide-"treated seeds" to avoid regulation as “pesticides.”
Conservation and public health groups today called on the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to reevaluate approval of the herbicide paraquat and ban its use in the state. Banned in 58 countries, paraquat is one of the most lethal herbicides still approved for use in the United States and has been linked to Parkinson’s disease.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Environmental groups filed a formal legal petition today urging the California Air Resources Board to phase out the insecticide sulfuryl fluoride because of its significant contribution to global warming.