"California has a major opportunity to ban a dangerous pesticide that damages children's brains, sickens farmworkers and communities living near farms, and is unsafe at any level.
Chlorpyrifos is sprayed on fruits and vegetables like strawberries, broccoli, apples, and oranges, and
it gets absorbed into the food -- which means that it can't simply be rinsed off.
When pregnant mothers have been exposed to chlorpyrifos, it’s been linked to autism, lower birth weight, and developmental delays in cognition, motor control, and attention in their children.
Exposure to chlorpyrifos can cause seizures, coma, and death. In May, the pesticide sickened 47 farmworkers in California.
Donald Trump stopped the Environmental Protection Agency from banning chlorpyrifos earlier this year, |