This pesticide is linked to learning disabilities – and it’s sprayed on fruit
Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide with known connection to brain damage in children, yet it is still being used on apples, peaches and other favorite fruits.
Pesticides
The chemicals used to grow our food and maintain our parks and playgrounds are putting our health at risk.
The food we buy should be safe to eat, and our parks and playgrounds shouldn’t be filled with chemicals that put our health at risk, especially when those risks include cancer and developmental disorders. Choosing to buy organic, gardening without pesticides, and avoiding chemical fertilizers are all important, but only collective action will stop the use of these dangerous chemicals.
The Latest on Pesticides
This toxic pesticide is banned in 70 countries, but still legal in America
The monarch butterfly and the Endangered Species Act
Updates
California says no to bee-killing pesticides on public lands
Our staff are working hard to save the bees in California, Colorado and other states
Which bills are advancing in the California Legislature?
Featured Resources
Guide to planting a pollinator-friendly garden
Stop the Use of Bee-Killing Pesticides in Outdoor Residential Landscapes
The Latest
The marvel of monarch migration
There are so many strange and wonderful facts about the monarch butterfly. Check them out.
Are pesticides as dangerous to your health as smoking?
New research show how dangerous pesticides could be to our health and why stronger precautions should be taken.
How bee-killing pesticides poisoned a community
An environmental disaster in a Nebraska town shows the dangers pesticide-coated seeds pose to both bees and people.
For struggling butterflies, if it’s not one pesticide, it’s another
Glyphosate drove the decline in monarch butterflies in the past. A new study says neonics are the main culprit in recent butterfly losses in the Midwest.
Report links chemical found in pesticide to autism, hyperactivity
The EPA is poised to reduce restrictions on the toxic pesticide acephate, which could put your families health at risk.
Team
Rusch
Emily
Rusch
Vice President and Senior Director of State Offices, The Public Interest Network
Engstrom
Jenn
Engstrom
State Director, CALPIRG