Ban Chlorpyrifos! Press Conference
/ Jason BaylessAnn Lopéz joined the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council and Safe Ag Safe Schools, for a press conference, on Cesar Chavez Day, to tell California Department of Pesticide Regulation that we must lead the way in children's safety.
At present, the pesticide regulators at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and our agriculture commissioners in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties have acted much like the state and local regulators in Flint: they have looked the other way, despite knowing that, according to pesticide studies, that pesticides case brain harms to children and farm workers.
Center for Farmworker Families founder, Dr. Ann Lopéz speaks, in this new video, about our work in getting the toxic chemical Chlorpyrifos labeled as Proposition 65 (Also known as, Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986) chemical in the state of California.
Ann Lopéz joined the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council and Safe Ag Safe Schools for a press conference, on Cesar Chavez Day, to tell California Department of Pesticide Regulation that we must lead the way in children's safety.
At present, the pesticide regulators at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and our agriculture commissioners in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties have acted much like the state and local regulators in Flint: they have looked the other way, despite surely knowing of the CHAMACOS organophosphate pesticide studies that indicate brain harms to Salinas Valley children.
Dr. Ann Lopez of Center for Farmworker Family speaks about environmental racism and the use of pesticides in Salinas Valley California.
Dr. Ann Lopez reflects on 2016, the origins of Center for Farmworker Families, and our direction in 2017
Dr. Ann Lopez and Caroline Cox, Director of Center for Environmental Health as on Rona Renner's Radio Show on KPFA talking about the threats of pesticides
On November 14, 2021, The Campaign for Organic & Regenerative Agriculture (CORA) hosted a conversation around ending pesticide use in Pajaro Valley.