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For immediate release: Court Orders State Back to the Drawing Board on Cancer-Causing Pesticide Draft regulation for fumigant 1,3-dichloropropene must protect farmworkers who labor near fields Oakland, CA – The Alameda County Superior Court ruled last week (attached) that a proposed regulation fails to protect farmworkers who labor near fumigated fields from harmful levels of …
Are the lives of farmworkers worth 14 times less than other Californians? For Immediate Release: January 17, 2023 Contacts: Jane Sellen, 530-575-0332, jane@pesticidereform.org Angel Garcia, 559-667-2966, angel@pesticidereform.org REPORT: Are the lives of farmworkers worth 14 times less than other Californians? The case of 1,3-D Farmworker communities call on the State to Rewrite Regulation of Cancer-Causing Pesticide that exceeds State risk levels …
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Just evil…..Gates has spent $100 million to lobby for GMO’s in the EU and has ruined Africa’s cultural ag practices. https://winewaterwatch.org/2021/03/reject-bill-gate…mpossible-burger/ Share Vaccine Recipes With Poor During Pandemic? One of World’s Richest Men Bill Gates Says ‘No’ “Who appointed this billionaire head of global health?” asked one critic. “Oh yeah, he did.” by Jon Queally, staff …
New study finds about 300 fewer police killings in cities where Black Lives Matter protests happened Protesters stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality on June 3, 2020, in Stockholm, Sweden. Mar 02, 2021 2:12pm PST by Lauren Floyd, Daily Kos Staff It’s difficult to gauge the success of any movement aimed …
Biden Signs Two Executive Orders to Advance Gender Equality on International Women’s Day “Let us recommit to the principle that our nation, and the world, is at its best when the possibilities for all of our women and girls are limitless.” by Jenna McGuire, staff writer “A time for us to recommit ourselves to the …
New study finds about 300 fewer police killings in cities where Black Lives Matter protests happened Protesters stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality on June 3, 2020, in Stockholm, Sweden. Mar 02, 2021 2:12pm PST by Lauren Floyd, Daily Kos Staff It’s difficult to gauge the success of any movement aimed …