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Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://botsin.space/@viacampesina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>viacampesina</span></a></span> </p><p>dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DCPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DCPA</span></a>, marketed under the trade name <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dacthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dacthal</span></a> — “stops the growth of some annual grasses and weeds” </p><p><a href="https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/farmworker-advocates-celebrate-rare-epa-ban-of-toxic-pesticide/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/food-and-agriculture</span><span class="invisible">/farmworker-advocates-celebrate-rare-epa-ban-of-toxic-pesticide/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agroecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agroecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farmworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/herbicides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicchemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicchemicals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/viaCampesina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viaCampesina</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Mily Treviño Sauceda, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, aka the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Farmworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farmworkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a>’s Alliance exec dir, praised the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a>’s action.<br>“As an organization led by farmworker women, we know intimately the harm that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticides</span></a>, including… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DCPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DCPA</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dacthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dacthal</span></a>, can inflict on our bodies & communities….This <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> decision is a great first step that we hope will be in a series of others that are based on listening to farmworkers, protecting our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveHealth</span></a>, & safeguarding our families.”</p>
Nonilex<p>But in a March letter to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AMVAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMVAC</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> ofcls wrote that this voluntary step was not sufficient to protect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmworkers</span></a> & others exposed to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicide</span></a>. The ofcls wrote that changes to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/thyroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thyroid</span></a> hormone levels in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fetuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fetuses</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pregnant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pregnant</span></a> rats exposed to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DCPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DCPA</span></a> suggested “serious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/risks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risks</span></a> of concern in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a>.”
…The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmergencyAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyAction</span></a> order Tues suspends all registrations of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pesticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticide</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“It’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a>’s job to protect people from exposure to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a>. In this case, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pregnant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pregnant</span></a> women who may never even know they were exposed could give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/birth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birth</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/babies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>babies</span></a> that experience <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/irreversible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irreversible</span></a> lifelong <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> problems.”</p><p>The sole manufacturer of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pesticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticide</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AMVAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMVAC</span></a>, had sought to avoid the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> action. The co had voluntarily pulled all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DCPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DCPA</span></a> products used on turf, reducing the risks to golfers, athletes & workers who maintain turf.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmworkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>When <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pregnant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pregnant</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmworkers</span></a> & others are exposed to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pesticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticide</span></a>, their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/babies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>babies</span></a> can experience changes to fetal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/thyroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thyroid</span></a> hormone levels, which are linked to low <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/birth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birth</span></a> weight, impaired <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a> development, decreased <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IQ</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/impaired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impaired</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MotorSkills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotorSkills</span></a> later in life.<br>
“<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DCPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DCPA</span></a> is so dangerous that it needs to be removed from the market immediately,” Michal Freedhoff, asst admin for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a>’s Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemical</span></a> Safety & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> Prevention, said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> takes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> action to stop use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> pesticide</p><p>For the 1st time in 40 yrs, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> Protection Agency has taken emergency action to stop the use of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pesticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticide</span></a> linked to serious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthRisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthRisks</span></a> for unborn <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/babies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>babies</span></a>.<br>
Tues’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmergencyOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyOrder</span></a> applies to… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DCPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DCPA</span></a> aka <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dacthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dacthal</span></a>, an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicide</span></a> used on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crops</span></a> such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broccoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broccoli</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrusselsSprouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrusselsSprouts</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cabbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cabbage</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/onions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onions</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pregnant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pregnant</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmworkers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/06/epa-pesticide-farmworkers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/climate-env</span><span class="invisible">ironment/2024/08/06/epa-pesticide-farmworkers/</span></a></p>
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