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Kids at Risk from Pesticides on Kauai
Chlorpyrifos, Children's Rights, Environmental Justice Teddy Basham-Witherington Chlorpyrifos, Children's Rights, Environmental Justice Teddy Basham-Witherington

Kids at Risk from Pesticides on Kauai

It is a fact that studies elsewhere have demonstrated these same chemicals can cause an increase in birth defects and neurobehavioral problems.  We need to know if these chemicals are making their way into our drinking water, into our bodies, into our unborn babies and into our mother’s breastmilk...

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Environmental Justice: On Kauai, Chlorpyrifos Puts Children At  Risk
Kauai, Environmental Justice, Chlorpyrifos Teddy Basham-Witherington Kauai, Environmental Justice, Chlorpyrifos Teddy Basham-Witherington

Environmental Justice: On Kauai, Chlorpyrifos Puts Children At Risk

The AAP and the Environmental Working Group (EWG) wrote last month to Scott Pruitt, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describing the dangers of pesticides, and of chlorpyrifos specifically. They stated that they were “deeply alarmed” that Scott Pruitt had overridden the EPA’s own recommendation to ban the use of chlorpyrifos on all food crops. They said that Pruitt’s decision “contradicts the agency’s own science and puts developing fetuses, infants, children and pregnant women at risk.”

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