Pesticide regulations can be tough to understand, especially among communities that don’t speak English. Recently, however, with the help of local ag advisors and video production students at Fresno State, California’s Department of Pesticide Regulations released a series of how-to videos about pesticides in Hmong . In this panel interview, …
Read More »How Much Cannabis Do Californians Use? Researchers Want To Ask In Order To Set Safe Pesticide Limits
California scientists want to know how much cannabis people are consuming on a daily basis. The information could help them set safer standards for the amount pesticide pot farmers should be using on crops. Capital Public Radio’s Sammy Caiola got a sneak-peak at the research. Outside Perfect Union dispensary in …
Read More »After EPA flip, a push to block ‘harmful’ pesticide
A month after Scott Pruitt began leading the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the former Oklahoma attorney general rejected an Obama-era recommendation from agency scientists to ban a widely used pesticide … Click to Continue »
Read More »New Regulations For Pesticide Use Near California Schools
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has officially adopted new regulations on the use of pesticides near schools and daycare centers. The new rules go into effect in January and prohibit application on crops that are within a quarter mile of schools and daycare centers, Monday through Friday between 6:00 …
Read More »EPA undoes effort to ban pesticide linked to nervous system damage in kids
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week reversed an Obama administration recommendation to ban a pesticide linked to nervous system damage in children. Newly installed EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signed … Click to Continue »
Read More »New pesticide regulations around schools will make process more complex, Merced County farmers say
Merced County farmers say a proposal to tightly regulate the use of pesticides on farmland near schools and day care centers would create a new layer of burdens for growers. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California creates pesticide buffer zones around schools and day cares
Crop dusting and many other forms of pesticide spraying will be banned within a quarter of a mile of schools and child day care centers during the bulk of daylight … Click to Continue »
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