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Campaign:

Protecting Farmworkers From Toxic Pesticides

Issue:

Health & Communities

Region:

National

Office:

Northwest

Fact Sheet:

Endosulfan Fact Sheet

Protect Farmworkers From Pesticide Poisonings

Supreme Court to Decide Pesticide Law

Legal Document:

Diazinon complaint (07/28/08)

FQPA Amended Complaint from Earthjustice, NRDC, and FJF

FQPA Complaint from Earthjustice, NRDC, and FJF

FQPA Complaint from State Attorneys General

Press Release:

EPA Under Fire for Flawed Pesticide Decisions on Diazinon (07/28/08)

Lawsuit Asks EPA to End Use of Hazardous Pesticide in USA (07/24/08)

Public Interest Coalition and States Sue EPA For Not Protecting Children From Pesticides (09/15/03)

Websites:

Beyond Pesticides

Cases

Pesticide Protection for Children

In Brief: The 1996 Food Quality and Protection Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to take special steps to protect children -- including the children of farmworkers -- from agricultural chemicals. The agency has failed to do so. Earthjustice is in court to make EPA do its job.

Staff:

Patti Goldman

Clients:

Natural Resources Defense Council

Updated: January 3, 2006

Case #05668

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