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August 18, 2021 Dispatches

US Bans Toxic Pesticide on Food Crops

Long Chlorpyrifos Battle Highlights Need for Regulation Reform

Migrant Farmworkers from Central and South America load fresh-picked corn into trays at Southern Hill Farms on April 21, 2020, in Clermont, Florida.
June 5, 2021 Commentary

On World Environment Day, Kabwe’s Children Still Await Clean-Up

Toxic Legacy from Kabwe Mine Needs Action by Governments, Donors, Companies

Children play in a backyard
May 20, 2021 Dispatches

Canada Bans Use of Toxic Pesticide

One of Many Countries Waking Up to the Dangers of Chlorpyrifos

Works plant strawberries farming quebec
April 19, 2021 News Release

United States: EPA Should Ban Toxic Pesticide

Chlorpyrifos Use Threatens Public Health

April 1, 2021 News Release

Greece: Lead Contamination Threat to Migrants Unresolved

People Still Accommodated in Camp’s Contaminated Area

Authorities removing soil
March 31, 2021 Statement

Ban Chlorpyrifos: Comments on New York CRR Proposed Part 326

Oral Testimony to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

March 8, 2021 Letter

More Than 100 Organizations Call for Expeditious Action to Ban Chlorpyrifos

February 17, 2021 News Release

Greece: Government Downplays Lead Risk at Migrant Camp

Results Highlight Urgent Need for Further Testing, Safety Measures

The area on the hill from where authorities are removing soil
January 27, 2021 Report

Greece: Migrant Camp Lead Contamination

Inadequate Government Response; Lack of Transparency Put Health at Risk

child plays next to an earth digger
September 21, 2020 Dispatches

Kosovo Lead Poisoning Victims Still Awaiting Justice

20 Years On, UN Should Compensate Victims

Roma children play in the Cesmin Lug refugee camp in Mitrovica city, northern Kosovo. Cesmin Lug is one of several camps that the UN established in what was known to be a heavily contaminated area near a defunct lead mine. December 12, 2007.
July 22, 2020 Dispatches

Landmark Decision in Kenya Lead Pollution Case

Government to Pay US$12 Million in Compensation for Smelter Pollution

July 13, 2020 Dispatches

United States Should Ban Use of Glyphosate on Food Crops

Bayer Agrees to US$10.9 Billion Settlement in Case Alleging Pesticide Caused Cancer

Christine Sheppard, in her backyard in Oceanside, California in March 2018, said she sprayed Roundup for years to control weeds on her coffee farm in Hawaii. In 2003, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which is now in remission but the cancer treatment causes her severe pain in her hands and legs.
June 26, 2020 Dispatches

Canada, Ontario Need to Address Toxic Legacy

Mercury Contamination Sickens, Kills Indigenous Community Members

Sign entering Grassy Narrows First Nation, in northwestern Ontario, Canada.
December 16, 2019 Letter

Letter to New York State Governor Cuomo in Support of Senate Bill S5343

December 11, 2019 News Release

New York: Cuomo Announces Pesticide Ban

Move Could Protect Children, Workers, and the Environment

Farmworkers harvest apples on a farm in New York.

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