Exciting news! On Tuesday November 8th the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors voted unanimously for a resolution asking Governor Jerry Brown to reconsider the registration of Methyl Iodide.
Santa Cruz residents and members of Santa Cruz Safe Strawberries have been organizing very hard and have earned a much deserved victory!
Fresno residents protest California's first permit for use of methyl iodide.
For more information on how to participate locally, visit www.safestrawberry.org
Ignoring the assessments of top US scientists and its own Scientific Review Committee, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced on December 1, 2010 its approval late yesterday of methyl iodide, a new pesticide to be used in agriculture, exposing communities and farm workers to toxic pesticide drift. Read More...
Profiles of Poison: Survivors of Pesticide Poisoning Say No to Methyl Iodide Nine victims of pesticide poisoning share their stories and asked that methyl iodide, a new strawberry pesticide, not be registered for use in California. They are now joining groups across California to ask Governor-elect Jerry Brown to reverse the recent registration. Click here to view the full report.
Amy Barden is the modest coordinator of Pesticide-Free Sacramento, a regional coalition made up of farmers, elected officials, physicians and businesses, supported by Pesticide Watch Education Fund, working to reduce and eliminate pesticide use in the Sacramento Region. And she wasn't born a pesticide reform activist. Read More...
Pesticide Watch co-coordinates grassroots activist workshops in Sacramento with the Environmental Health Legislative Working Group (EHLWG) and Central Valley Air Quality Coalition (CVAQ). Stay tuned for the next training in the Fall of 2011.
