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California Health Report: This Central Valley Town Has a Carcinogen in its Water. Why Are Solutions So Slow?
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett
Una traducción al español de esta historia está disponible aquí.
On the dusty outskirts of Bakersfield, Rosa Perez and her family are living without a basic housing amenity — clean water.
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California Health Report: Esta ciudad del Valle Central tiene un carcinógeno en su agua. ¿Por qué las soluciones son tan lentas?
Por Claudia Boyd-Barrett
En las polvorientas afueras de Bakersfield, Rosa Pérez y su familia viven sin un servicio básico de vivienda: agua potable. Aunque pagan la factura del agua todos los meses, lo que sale de los grifos está mezclado con una sustancia química que California admite que podría hacer que la familia de cuatro personas sea más propensa a desarrollar cáncer.
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First of its kind electric truck stop coming to Bakersfield
With a plan to electrify the heavy-duty transport industry, WattEV Inc. will be building the nation’s first public solar-powered electric truck stop here in Bakersfield, California.
DPR, AB 617 work with small communities to ensure pesticide safety
Kern County is one of the top pesticide users in the state. Shafter and Arvin are working with AB 617 and the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to enforce pesticide monitoring and notification systems to protect their community members and agriculture workers from the use of pesticides.
Arvin’s electric busses and the city’s progress towards air monitoring
Arvin’s air monitoring has been a primary goal of Assembly Bill 617 (AB 617), a community air protection program to help the most severely impacted communities with air pollution.
The Department of Pesticides and Regulation holding pesticide notification system webinars
The Department of Pesticides and Regulation (DPR) will be conducting a series of public webinars and workshops as part of the process to develop a statewide pesticide notification system.