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- 02/22/2016 Imperial Valley News (CA): Pesticide mixtures may increase health risks but are still unregulated by California
- 02/21/2016 Truthout: From Farm to Table: Protecting Farmworkers From Pesticides“`
- 02/19/2016 Pajaronian (CA): New report spurs calls for pesticide buffer zone
- 02/18/2016 Huffington Post: Questions farm workers have for Bernie Sanders
- 02/18/2016 Yakima Herald-Republic (WA): Advocates urge state to impose wider pesticide buffer around schools
- 02/18/2016 Valley Public Radio (CA): Report: Pesticide Mixtures May Increase Health Risks But Are Unregulated
- 02/18/2016 Fresno Bee (CA): Valley parents, activists ask state to look at interaction of pesticides as health hazards
- 02/14/2016 Civil Eats: Pesticide Combination Impacts Often Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts, New Study Says
- 02/11/2016 Visalia Times-Delta (CA): Fresno State looks for locals to share stories
- 02/11/2016 Bakersfield Californian: Paramount facing fines in August pesticide drift
- 02/11/2016 Legal Examiner (HI): 7 Neuro-toxic Pesticides that should be banned
- 02/11/2016 Univision: Homenaje a Rufino Contreras (video)
- 02/10/2016 Bay Area Indymedia (CA): Honoring slain Imperial Valley lettuce striker 37 years after he became a martyr for UFW
- 02/10/2016 Yakima Herald-Republic (WA): Dairy worker bill inspired by Mabton man’s death fails to get out of House committee
- 02/10/2016 Sunnyside Daily Sun (WA): Committee kills dairy legislation
- 02/10/2016 KPQ (WA): Lawmakers Look at Health Problems Caused by Pesticide Drift
- 02/08/2016 Patch.com: Chicago Zoological Society to Celebrate Cesar Chavez with Annual ..
- 02/06/2016 Ocala (FL): Pesticide-safety system riddled with problems
- 02/06/2016 Orlando Sentinel (FL): Farmworkers at risk every day: Letter
- 02/05/2016 Department of Labor News: FEDERAL COURT AFFIRMS US LABOR DEPARTMENT FINDING THAT TRI-CITIES BLUEBERRY FARMS UNFAIRLY PAID WORKERS – Judge orders growers to pay $385K to blueberry field workers
- 02/05/2016 Status for WA dairy bill critical. House Appropriations Committee can deliberate any day. Help
- 02/05/2016 KIONrightnow.com (CA): ICE inspects local ag companies
- 02/05/2016 messenger-inquirer (KY): Review reveals problems protecting workers from pesticides
- 02/04/2016 Lawndale News (IL): Chicago Zoological Society to Celebrate Cesar Chavez with Annual …
- 02/04/2016 Herald and News: Oregon farm regulators, judge disagree on pesticide finding