Tag: Ventura County Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Safety

Farmworker communities applaud California chlorpyrifos cancelation proceedings, alternatives work group

Community members relieved, urge speedy process VENTURA — The Newsom administration on Aug. 14 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…

State’s ‘Short-term Fix’ for Brain-Damaging Pesticide Falls Short

Under pressure to ban chlorpyrifos, pesticide regulators recommend inadequate exposure-reduction measures SACRAMENTO — Under intensifying pressure from a large coalition of health, education and environmental justice advocates, state regulators on Nov. 15 announced a set of interim recommended measures aimed at…

Calls intensify for California regulators to take action on chlorpyrifos. See Ventura County report here

Trump Administration stalls court-ordered ban of brain-harming pesticide See Ventura Chlorpyrifos & OP studies  for estimates of the increase in autism and IQ-loss risks from chlorpyrifos use in Ventura County, based upon studies by University of California scientists. SACRAMENTO — The U.S.…

Federal Court orders national ban on brain-harming chlorpyrifos within 60 days

Decision confirms that California must also take action to protect communities now. Ventura County Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Safety (VC CAPS) is a local coalition in the CPR network. SACRAMENTO — Slamming the Trump administration’s repudiation of science, today the 9th Circuit Court of…