Search Results for: clorpirifos
The Coronavirus Crisis. Also, Major Manufacturer Ends Production of Insecticide.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 PROGRAM # 8800 12:00 PM PT The Coronavirus Crisis. As the number of coronavirus infections and deaths continue to soar in China and the world, fears of a global pandemic intensify. The US government has declared coronavirus a public health emergency. Are federal agencies urgently convening experts to seek treatments and vaccines? […]
Latina Women: Health and Finances. Fatal Bullying. California Bans Toxic Pesticide.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 PROGRAM # 8715 12:00 PM PT Latina Women: Health and Finances. Latina women entrepreneurs gather this week in a summit in Berkeley, CA to discuss plans towards developing cooperative businesses that benefit them, their families and their communities. Advancing the idea that women need to “cuddle” their finances, body, mind and spirit, […]
Another Push to Ban Toxic Pesticide. Also, Rating the Fight Against Cancer.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 PROGRAM # 8673 12:00 PM PT Another Push to Ban Toxic Pesticide. Health and labor groups are suing the Trump administration after its environmental agency refused to ban a widely used pesticide, linked to permanent brain damage in young children and farmworker poisonings. Last month, the EPA gave the green light to […]
(Español) La E.P.A. sigue desmantelando reglas de protección al ambiente y la salud pública
(Español) La prohibición del clorpirifos fue aplaudida por el grupo de expertos que rechaza la ciencia establecida sobre el cambio climático. Angela Logomasini llamó incluso a los estudios que sustentaron las regulaciones del gobierno de Obama como “ciencia basura”.
Bolsonaro, Trump and the Amazon Rainforest. Also, California Bans Controversial Farm Pesticide.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 PROGRAM # 8607 12:00 PM PT Bolsonaro, Trump and the Amazon Rainforest. This is a conversation with a recently recognized activist who for decades has been in the forefront advocating for the world’s rainforests and human rights. She comments on the challenges faced by the Amazon basin, the world’s largest tropical rain […]
State Bans Pesticide Linked To Developmental Problems
Several studies have linked prenatal exposure of chlorpyrifos to lower birth weights, lower IQs, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism symptoms in children.
Safe Ag Safe Schools
New pesticide restrictions will be implemented starting 2019 as officials revisit toxicity analysis; activists continue to urge more actions. Organizations like Safe Ag Safe Schools in Monterey County continue to advocate for safe buffer zones near schools. Guests: Sarait Martinez, Community Organizer Safe Ag Safe Schools, Yaneli Martinez, City of Greenfield Mayor Pro-Tem and Victor […]
Controversial Pesticide Use in Question.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26 PROGRAM # 8507 12:00 PM PT Controversial Pesticide Use in Question. California is moving a step closer to declaring the insecticide chlorpyrifos a toxic air contaminant, a chemical which may lead to serious illness or death. State authorities are calling on growers to use alternative pesticides. Last year, a group of farm […]
Bans on Toxic Pesticides.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 PROGRAM # 8408 12:00 PM PT Bans on Toxic Pesticides. In a landmark case, Monsanto has been ordered to pay 289 million in damages to a terminally-ill man with cancer. The judge found Roundup weedkiller caused the man’s cancer and Monsanto “acted with malice and oppression.” On other news, a federal court […]
Edición Semanaria (Weekly Magazine)
*Millions of Latino Families to be Affected by Republican Tax Plan
*California Asked to Stop Using Dangerous Insecticide
*New Studies of Racism Released in the U.S. and Mexico
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