Farmworker communities accuse State pesticide regulation of racism

January 10, 2025 / By Victoria Rodgers
Tags: Beyond Kern, DPR, Enviroment

Angel Garcia of Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) speaks at the news conference before the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s hearing on the pesticide 1,3-D/Telone in Visalia on January 8, 2025.

Farmworkers and advocates demand exact location in Statewide Pesticide Notification

July 24, 2024 / By Victoria Rodgers
Tags: Department of Pesticide Regulation, DPR, Enviroment, Farmworkers, Kern County, pesticides, Shafter

Byanka Santoyo speaks at the news conference on pesticide notification in Shafter, July 23, 2024. Photo courtesy of CPR.

KEEN Launches Reporting System

May 3, 2012 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Air quality, Californians for Pesticide Reform, CRPE, Enviroment, Health, IVAN, KEEN, pesticides

By BERENICE SANCHEZ/South Kern Sol

BAKERSFIELD–Community advocates and government agencies joined forces to launch the website that will allow community members and environmental advocates to report environmental and health hazards they see on May 1.