Help Protect Children From Toxic Pesticides
source: http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/pesticides_1209?rk=_1wscw5qpQcnE
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http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/pesticides_1209?rk=_1wscw5qpQcnE
"Luis Medellin and his three little sisters—aged 5, 9 and 12—live in the middle of an orange grove in Lindsay, CA—a small farming town in the Central Valley. During the growing season, Luis and his sisters are awakened several times a week by the sickly smell of nighttime pesticide spraying. What follows is worse: searing headaches, nausea, vomiting.The Medellin family's story is not unique. From apple orchards in Washington to potato fields in Florida, drifting poisonous pesticides plague the people who live nearby.
That's why we've petitioned the government to set safety standards protecting children who grow up near farms from the harmful effects of pesticide drift—the toxic spray or vapor that travels from treated fields. We're also asking officials to immediately adopt no-spray buffer zones around homes, schools, parks and daycare centers for the most dangerous and drift-prone pesticides."
Take action, sign the letter to the EPA and/or personalize it at the link:
http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/pesticides_1209?rk=_1wscw5qpQcnE
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bushama
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thanks for the post this is the kind of stuff we need to worry about but unfortunately too many are fixated on co2
- 3 years ago
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bushama
