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Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. Also, Banning Chlorpyrifos.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 PROGRAM # 9386 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. A Repeat Program. As a record number of Latino students are headed to college in the fall enrollment season, many are looking into community colleges as a viable option to continue higher education. College leaders are reaching out to Latino […]

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Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. Además, Banning Chlorpyrifos.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 PROGRAM # 9360 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Latinos in Community Colleges. As a record number of Latino students are headed to college in the fall enrollment season, many are looking into community colleges as a viable option to continue higher education. College leaders are reaching out to Latino students highlighting the […]

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(Español) Noticiero Latino: Fundación Dolores Huerta, urge que los contacten familias con hijos de 0 a 19 años afectados por el pesticida Clorpirifos de Tulare, Kings, Fresno y Madera, 4 condados del Valle Central de California

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(Español) Fundación Dolores Huerta, busca con urgencia testimonios de familias afectadas por el Clorpirifos, en el Valle Central

(Español) Urge contactar a familias con hijos de cero a 19 años que viven o vivieron en los alrededores de Tulare, Kings, Fresno y Madera.

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Extra Edition: Lawsuit Over Chlorpyrifos. Also, The Covid Costs to Farm Workers.

THURSDAY, JULY 22 PROGRAM # 9325 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Lawsuit Over Chlorpyrifos. Last year, California banned the sale of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide linked to brain damage in children. Now, lawyers for parents who live in Central Valley communities contaminated by the toxic chemical for decades are suing Dow Chemical and its […]

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(Español) California actúa para prohibir el pesticida clorpirifos

(Español) El clorpirifos se usa para controlar las plagas en una variedad de cultivos, como alfalfa, almendras, cítricos, algodón, uvas y nueces. Su uso ha disminuido en la última década debido a que los productores de California han optado por alternativas más seguras.

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Time to Ban Chlorpyrifos?

THURSDAY, MAY 2 PROGRAM # 8598 12:00 PM PT Time to Ban Chlorpyrifos? A federal court ordered Trump’s EPA to make a decision by July whether to ban chlorpyrifos, the pesticide widely used in agriculture and which has been linked to neurological damage in children. As the federal government fails to take action, Democrats in […]

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(Español) La EPA libera el uso del Clorpirifos a pesar de evidencia científica de su alta toxicidad

(Español) “el insecticida clorpirifos representa un riesgo inaceptable para los humanos, especialmente para los niños, cuando sus residuos se encuentran en frutas, vegetales y agua potable”.

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Noticiero Latino: Activists call for ban on use of highly toxic pesticides.

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(Español) Denuncian que pesticida neurotóxico afecta particularmente a niños y Latinx en EE UU

(Español) “Durante años las compañías químicas como Dow han engañado y persuadido a la EPA para que se apoye en estudios de bajo rigor científico y mantenga en el mercado pesticidas dañinos, incluido el clorpirifós”, dice Earthjusice.

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