Calls Mount for Advance Warning of Ag Pesticide Spray
WHAT: Online zoom news conference: “Stop Pesticide Secrecy! Notification Now!”
WHY: Farmworker communities across California are demanding that their County Agricultural Commissioners web-post information about what, when, and where hazardous pesticides will be applied. They want to be able to take safety precautions against exposure to drifting pesticides. Currently, the Agricultural Commissioners will only reveal pesticide information after they’ve already been applied.
WHEN: Thursday, May 27th, 12:00 PM Noon
WHO: Sponsored by Californians for Pesticide Reform.
Speakers will include:
- Nayamin Martinez, Executive Director, Central California Environmental Justice Network
- Miriam Rotkin-Ellman, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Lupe Martinez, retired organizer, formerly with the Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment and the United Farm Workers
- Live look-ins at simultaneous in-person news conferences in farmworker communities of Bakersfield, Modesto, Salinas, and Tulare
SPANISH: Spanish interpretation and speakers will be available
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