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Katie Huffling, RN, MS, CNM
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sarah Aird <sarah@pesticidereform.org>
Date: Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 10:34 AM
Subject: Please join us on July 12 to Demand CA Ban the Brain-Harming Pesticide Chlorpyrifos!
To: Sarah Aird <sarah@pesticidereform.org>

* apologies for cross postings *

Join Californians for Pesticide Reform and hundreds of community members across the state for a
"Ban Chlorpyrifos in California!" Sacramento Day of Action
Wednesday, July 12, from 11:00am-3:30pm

Register here in English or here in Spanish.

Why?: More than a million pounds of chlorpyrifos are used in California each year on more than 80 crops, even though chlorpyrifos was banned for home use nearly two decades ago because of the harm it can cause to children’s developing brains.

Recent studies show that the children of mothers exposed to chlorpyrifos during pregnancy are three times as likely to develop autism and face potential IQ loss by age 7.
Chlorpyrifos exposure from drift can also trigger asthma and decrease children's lung function the equivalent of being exposed to second-hand smoke in the home.
U.S. EPA scientists have found that residue exposure of children ages 1-2 years of age is 14,000 percent higher than what they consider safe, regardless of whether fruits and vegetables such as apples and oranges have been washed and peeled.

Under the Obama administration, the U.S. EPA had been on the verge of banning chlorpyrifos nationwide, but on March 29, Trump’s U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt defied his own scientists and refused to ban the pesticide. Pruitt’s refusal to implement the ban leaves the fate of California’s children and communities in the hands of state decision-makers, namely the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

On July 12, we’ll take our message to California decision-makers:
You must protect the state's children and communities from this hazardous pesticide and ban chlorpyrifos.

What?: Rally, press conference and petition delivery, followed by a march, lunch, and legislative visits to demand action

When & Where?: 11am meet-up in front of CalEPA headquarters (1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95812 (corner of 10th & I Streets))

* We'll have buses and/or vans leaving from Monterey/Santa Cruz, Tulare, Kern and Fresno Counties for this event - on the registration form indicate if you’d like a ride *

**This event is free of charge and will be a fully bilingual (English/Spanish) day.**

We hope to see you there!

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Sarah Aird, Esq., Co-Director (pronouns: she/her)
Californians for Pesticide Reform
1611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 1200, Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510-788-9025 x5
www.pesticidereform.org
Working together for a just & sustainable food system since 1996
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