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Tag Archives: Pesticides
Victory! Arysta pulls Methyl Iodide nationwide.
A message from the United Farm Workers: “We did it! We are proud to share a huge victory with you. We’ve just gotten word that Arysta LifeScience has pulled cancer-causing methyl iodide off the U.S. market. This announcement means the … Continue reading
Urge Gov. Brown to take action on methyl iodide
A message from PANNA: “The cancer-causing pesticide methyl iodide has been approved for use in California’s strawberry fields for a year. In March, Gov. Jerry Brown promised to take a “fresh look” at the decision to approve methyl iodide’s use, … Continue reading
Pesticide Industry on Trial
A message from Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA): “Known as the ‘Big 6′, Monsanto, Dow, BASF, Bayer, Syngenta and DuPont control 74% of the global pesticide market and 49% of the global seed market, making the pesticide/agricultural biotechnology … Continue reading
UCF and YAYA design sets in Seville
On Sunday, October 16th and Sunday, October 23rd students from the University of Central Florida (Women’s Studies Dept.) partnered with their local NFWM-YAYA chapter to work with the Alianza de Mujeres Activas (AMA) in Seville, Florida. About a dozen attendees … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance of Active Women, Farm Workers, Florida, Pesticides
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Tell EPA it’s time to protect children from chlorpyrifos
A message from Pesticide Action Network of North America: Scientists have known for more than a decade that chlorpyrifos can be especially damaging to children. The latest studies tell us that exposure to the pesticide during fetal development and infancy … Continue reading
Protecting the Health of Farm Workers from Pesticide Exposure
About Pesticide Exposure: Pesticide exposure is a severe problem that affects the health of farm workers and their communities. Farm workers in the fields are exposed to pesticides when they pick crops that have pesticide residue. Pesticide residue occurs when … Continue reading
‘Pesticides in the Fields’ on Front Porch Radio
Listen to the most recent episode of the farm worker series on Front Porch Radio with Julie Norris. On this ocassion we spoke about pesticides with Jeannie Economos of the Farm worker Association of Florida and Linda Lee, a former … Continue reading
2010′s Farm Worker Awareness Week
2010′s Farm Worker Awareness Week was an exciting opportunity for YAYA members to bring awareness about the farm worker movement to their communities. It was also an opportunity to mobilize others in support of farm worker campaigns including: – PANNA’s … Continue reading
2008 Farm Worker Awareness Week: Central Florida Report
Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking Presentations The Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking and YAYA joined forces during National Farm Worker Awareness Week 2008 in order to inform our communities about how human trafficking affects farm workers and their communities. The … Continue reading
Lake Apopka Toxic Tours
On January 18, 2008 Rollins College students, Deltona’s United Church of Christ members and Stetson University students got together in the Apopka office of the Farm Worker Association of Florida (FWAF) to learn and discuss the effects of pesticides in … Continue reading
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Tagged Farm Worker Association of Florida, Farm Workers, Florida, Pesticides
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