Results for keyword: Pesticides
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Western wish list for Obama
Eleven key Westerners speak with HCN about their hopes and worries for an Obama administration.
by Ray Ring, Dec 22, 2008 -
Poison in the Wind
As suburban neighborhoods sprawl into California’s agricultural land, residents are faced with pesticide drift and other problems
by Michelle Burkhart, Apr 03, 2006 -
Communities search for a safer way to kill mosquitoes
In Colorado and elsewhere in the West, the fear of West Nile Virus brings the controversy about spraying pesticides to a boil
by Gail Binkly, Sep 13, 2004 -
Salmon get a break from pesticides
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour bans the use of 38 pesticides near streams that host endangered runs of salmon and steelhead in Washington, Oregon and California
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 16, 2004 -
The author responds
by Rebecca Clarren, Nov 10, 2003 -
Misquoted on pesticides
by David Zamora, Nov 10, 2003 -
Farmworker protection agency misrepresented
by Bob Arrington, Nov 10, 2003 -
What child labor laws?
The effects of pesticides on farmworker children are often overlooked, because children are not supposed to work in the fields in the first place
by Rebecca Clarren, Sep 29, 2003 -
Connections to your kitchen
Pesticides that endanger farmworkers are used to grow common foods like apples, potatoes and asparagus
by Staff, Sep 29, 2003 -
Healthy workers, healthy label
The Bailey family’s efforts to take care of its orchard workers in The Dalles, Ore., have earned it certification from The Food Alliance
by Rebecca Clarren, Sep 29, 2003






