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The pesticide chlorpyrifos was banned for household use over a dozen years ago, but it is still widely applied in agriculture. We’ll explore the health risks for children, especially in farmworking communities, in this report.
Featuring:
- Kim Harley, University of California, Berkeley professor and associate director of the Center for Environmental Research & Children’s Health
- Isabel Arrollo, El Quinto Sol de America organizer
- Jennifer Sass, Natural Resources Defense Council senior scientist
- Tracey Brieger, Californians for Pesticide Reform co-director
- Marina Gomez, CHAMACOS research participant
- Brian Jimenez-Gomez, CHAMACOS research participant
- Margaret Reeves, Pesticide Action Network senior scientist
- Valerie Bengal, family physician and UC San Francisco clinical professor
- Brett Knupfer, Ohlone Elementary School principal
- Marcy Mock, Ohlone special education teacher
- Casimira Salazar, Ohlone migrant education teacher
- Cynthia Fernandez, Ohlone 2nd grade teacher
- Brett McFadden, Pajaro Valley Unified School District chief business officer
Li Miao Lovett produced this report with a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism, in collaboration with Making Contact’s Andrew Stelzer.
More information
Organizations:
- CHAMACOS (Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas) study
- El Quinto Sol de America
- Californians for Pesticide Reform
- Pesticide Action Network North America
- National Resources Defense Council
- Fund for Investigative Journalism
Resources and reports:
- California pesticide use reporting
- “Agricultural Pesticide Use Near Public Schools in California,” Apr. 2014, California Environmental Health Tracking Program
- Ohlone School pesticide monitoring news, Sept. 2013
- Integrated pest management of citrus, University of California, Riverside
- Coalition letter to California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Jan. 2014
- “Chlorpyrifos Preliminary Human Health Risk Assessment,” Jun. 2011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- “Evidence on the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Chlorpyrifos,” Sept. 2008, California Environmental Protection Agency
- Chlorpyrifos health effects, Apr. 2012, U.S. EPA’s Scientific Advisory Panel
- Human oral toxicity study for chlorpyrifos, Kisicki et al 1999
