Items Tagged with 'spray drift exposure to workers and bystanders'

The Department of Pesticide Regulation partnered with a farmworker advocacy group to host an event dubbed a Toxic Tour of Santa Maria farms, stoking outrage among farm groups.

Governor Gavin Newsom has reshuffled the chairs in a board that has often served as an impediment to scaling up agtech adoption in California. And the change may be paying off for the industry.

Activists donning backpack air monitors have garnered scorn from farmers claiming they trespassed after pesticide applications. With UC Davis public health researchers, the advocates have published the results.

An industry report indicates the Newsom administration’s plan for eliminating certain controversial pesticides by 2050 could have significant implications for lettuce.

Political pressure from the Newsom administration to overhaul the pesticide regulatory system has led to an erosion of trust that is shaking the foundation of the partnership between county and state governments.

The Newsom administration is gaining traction in the Legislature with its proposal to boost the mill assessment. The added revenue would position it to deliver on promises to expedite registrations and evaluations.

A progressive lawmaker is pushing to ban the herbicide paraquat to protect farmworkers and communities. But ag groups are refuting the claims and trying to rapidly educate lawmakers on the complex and robust regulatory process already in place.

Department of Pesticide Regulation Director Julie Henderson was again in the hot seat at the Capitol, defending her proposal for a 36% bump in the mill fee.

The Department of Pesticide Regulation is pitching lawmakers with a dramatic increase to the mill assessment to steer off insolvency and finance a steady stream of new programs at the department.

Lawmakers have launched the first volleys in policy battles over farmworker protections to play out over the coming months.