
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.
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.
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.
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New research show how dangerous pesticides could be to our health and why stronger precautions should be taken.
An environmental disaster in a Nebraska town shows the dangers pesticide-coated seeds pose to both bees and people.
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.
The EPA is poised to reduce restrictions on the toxic pesticide acephate, which could put your families health at risk.
Vice President and Senior Director of State Offices, The Public Interest Network
State Director, CALPIRG