Please join us in urging Governor Cuomo to ban the use of the pesticide, Chlorpyrifos! Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide, which works to block the enzyme cholinesterase and impairs the central nervous system. Even though the Trump administration chooses to … Read More
Posts tagged: #chlorpyrifos
Let’s All Do Our Part to Reduce Waste! (and Pesticides)
If you are anything like me, online ordering has changed your life! I know it has for me, yet I am always left with a little guilt about the wasteful packaging and plastic in all of those cartons. Environmental Action … Read More
The #RISENY Climate March is This Week, Join the Movement!; Support the NDRC as they Fight for our Environment!; Help the Hudson River Stay Healthy and Natural!
The time is now! The #RISENY Climate Change March is this week! Join this movement and take a stand against climate change with thousands of other New Yorker’s this Thursday, September 6th at 5:30pm in Battery Park. If you haven’t … Read More
Farm Bill Updates; Costco Updates It’s Pollinator Policy; Greenmarkets and Working Farms Brings Fresh Veg to Hospital Patients; Organics Helping Rural Regions Rebound
Last week, the House passed a farm bill that not only guts the already unsupported, income-based programs for working families, but also changes the process to establish organic standards thus undermines the integrity of what consumers have previously understood to … Read More
Ban Chlorpyrifos; Keep the Soil in Organics; Clovis Investigation Creates Pressure for USDA
Organic Consumers Association Reminds Us of What is at Stake With Chemicals Like Chlorpyrifos In November 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally took steps to ban chlorpyrifos, an agricultural pesticide known to be especially harmful to people having regular, consistent contact, … Read More
Protect Public Health From Toxic Pesticides; Stop the Bayer-Monsanto Merger
Stand Up to Corporate Greed & Protect Public Health: Call Your Senator to Increase Transparency and Fight for Pesticide Regulation “In a stunning blow to science, democracy and human health, the Trump administration has overruled the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) … Read More
EPA Documents Reveal Truth About Plans for Pesticides; Powerful Victory for Waterkeeper Alliance; The EPA and GMOs Still Need Our Attention; Trump’s Renegotiations of NAFTA; Juniper Ash Provides More Calcium than Milk
EPA Documents Reveal Appointees Plans to Reject Ban of Chlorpyrifos “Chlorpyrifos is still widely used in agriculture — on apples, oranges, strawberries, almonds and many other fruits — though it was barred from residential use in 2000. The E.P.A.’s scientists have recommended it … Read More
March on WA DC for Science; Tell USDA “NO” for Organic Checkoff; Indivisible Team Action Update; Ban Pesticides NOW
March on Washington DC for Science on April 22nd The ‘March for Science’ will be held in Washington, D.C., and satellite marches will be held in other cities, much like the Women’s March the day after the inauguration. The march stands for science … Read More