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Pesticide Action Network: What’s On Your Food Database

Pesticide Action Network: “What’s On Your Food Database” EASY TO USE, shows bee toxins, carcinogens, neurotoxins, hormone disruptors, hormone and reproductive toxins by food. CLICK BELOW FOR DATABASE: What’s On My Food? :: Pesticides On Food (whatsonmyfood.org) Pesticides …on our food, even after washing; …in our bodies, for years; …& in our environment, traveling many …

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Big Ag, big pesticides: PAN update

Aldicarb, a pesticide classified as “extremely hazardous” by the World Health Organization into use, raising the risks of groundwater contamination, accidental ingestion with food products, and direct exposure to orchard workers and wildlife. State updates Hello from PAN’s California team! Things have been moving quickly this legislative session, and we have a couple of key updates …

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Plummeting sperm counts, shrinking penises: toxic chemicals threaten humanity | Environment | The Guardian

“………..reproductive epidemiologist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, finds that sperm counts have dropped almost 60% since 1973. Following the trajectory we are on, Swan’s research suggests sperm counts could reach zero by 2045. Zero.” Plummeting sperm counts, shrinking penises: toxic chemicals threaten humanity | Environment | The Guardian Erin Brockovich …

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‘Time to Put People Above Profits’: 65+ Advocacy Groups Call on Home Depot and Lowe’s to Take Cancer-Causing Roundup Off Shelves

Wine & Water Watch and our sister organization, Preserve Rural Sonoma County, are signatories in this group. The “sustainable” wine industry uses close to 90,000 pounds of highly concentrated glyphosate in the vineyards a year with no signs of letting up.   ‘Time to Put People Above Profits’: 65+ Advocacy Groups Call on Home Depot and …

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SASS: Safe Ag Safe Schools Sonoma County for pesticide reform in California

Dear Sonoma SASS members,   As part of the coalition efforts, we serve on the CPR state policy committee, which meets weekly. As promised, I will share updates and calls to action from this committee.    Call to action #1: Please promote this notification petition via all communications and social media networks. We are seeking …

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Why Is Sulfur Dangerous? Gallo uses helicopter to spray sulphur on Cloverdale vineyards

Gallo is experimenting with helicopter disbursal of sulphur (most widely used chemical in vineyards) on grapevines in Cloverdale. Ag commission monitored. Just say NO!  Sulphur effects on humans: Neurological effects and behavioural changes – Disturbance of blood circulation – Heart damage – Effects on eyes and eyesight – Reproductive failure – Damage to immune systems …

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