High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Poison in the Wind http://www.hcn.org/issues/319/16211 As suburban neighborhoods sprawl into California’s agricultural land, residents are faced with pesticide drift and other problems No publisher Michelle Burkhart Pesticide drift agriculture-urban interface sprawl development farming Yesenia and Jose Castillo chloropicrin pesticide health impacts pesticide safety Bruce Welden Monterey County Department of Health San Joaquin Valley California popula Pesticides Bruce Welden Monterey County Department of Health California population 2011-10-27T21:58:38Z News Article Western wish list for Obama http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/the-sick-and-tired-west Eleven key Westerners speak with HCN about their hopes and worries for an Obama administration. No publisher Ray Ring Mercury pollution Factory farms Hard-rock mining Air pollution Public health Hydraulic fracturing Water pollution Perchlorate Pesticides Bush environmental policy EPA 2010-02-05T08:57:29Z News Article Communities search for a safer way to kill mosquitoes http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/14987 In Colorado and elsewhere in the West, the fear of West Nile Virus brings the controversy about spraying pesticides to a boil No publisher Gail Binkly Agriculture Pesticides Mosquito control West Nile pesticides integrated pest management pyrethroids malathion organophosphates larvicides DDT Bti Biomist Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides American Mosquito Control Association pesticide health effec 2010-02-05T09:21:04Z News Article Salmon get a break from pesticides http://www.hcn.org/issues/268/14560 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 No publisher Jodi Peterson Agriculture Pesticides Salmon salmon steelhead Judge John Coughenour diazinon malathion Earthjustice Patti Goldman Environmental Protection Agency EPA 2010-02-05T09:56:14Z News Article The author responds http://www.hcn.org/issues/262/14374 No publisher Rebecca Clarren Pesticides 2008-07-16T23:58:06Z Letter to the Editor Misquoted on pesticides http://www.hcn.org/issues/262/14373 No publisher David Zamora Pesticides 2008-07-16T23:58:06Z Letter to the Editor Farmworker protection agency misrepresented http://www.hcn.org/issues/262/14372 No publisher Bob Arrington Pesticides 2008-07-16T23:58:06Z Letter to the Editor Connections to your kitchen http://www.hcn.org/issues/259/14276 Pesticides that endanger farmworkers are used to grow common foods like apples, potatoes and asparagus No publisher Staff Pesticides agriculture azinphosmethyl metam sodium diuron health effects of pesticides apples potatoes asparagus pesticide exposure 2010-02-05T10:13:52Z News Article Healthy workers, healthy label http://www.hcn.org/issues/259/14275 The Bailey family’s efforts to take care of its orchard workers in The Dalles, Ore., have earned it certification from The Food Alliance No publisher Rebecca Clarren Pesticides The Food Alliance organic farming The Dalles Oregon Diana Bailey 2010-02-05T10:13:52Z News Article Agriculture exacts a price in the High Sierra http://www.hcn.org/issues/251/13976 Scientists think pesticides may be killing frogs in California’s Sierra Nevada No publisher Cosmo Garvin Pesticides 2010-02-05T10:12:12Z News Article Did the BLM Spike New Mexico's ditches? http://www.hcn.org/issues/239/13548 Herbicide spread by BLM land managers on range near Malaga, N.M., has washed into the Black River, contaminating a diversion ditch and killing nearby farmers' crops and trees No publisher Joshua Zaffos Pesticides 2010-02-05T08:40:44Z News Article Farm workers' kids exposed to pesticides http://www.hcn.org/issues/183/5947 An EPA report reveals that some children of Washington state farm workers show elevated levels of pesticide exposure. No publisher Kayley Mendenhall Pesticides 2010-02-05T09:02:55Z News Article Chemicals aren't the only answer http://www.hcn.org/issues/115/3683 The Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides celebrates 20 years of activism with an anniversary conference. No publisher Staff Pesticides 2010-02-05T09:50:36Z News Article A cheatgrass antidote - maybe http://www.hcn.org/issues/111/3514 The BLM's desire to use DuPont's pesticide Oust to kill a weed called cheatgrass provokes controversy. No publisher Jamie Murray, Peter Chilson Pesticides 2010-02-05T09:49:32Z News Article Leonard Felix http://www.hcn.org/issues/97/2993 Leonard Felix, in his own words, defends the safety record of the pesticides he and others aerially spray. No publisher Paul Larmer Pesticides 2010-02-05T08:58:06Z News Article