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(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>,\u00a0December 21, 2016) A California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0of all pesticide related illnesses in the state in 2014 identifies\u00a01,685 cases \u201cpotentially involving health effects from pesticide exposure,\u201d combining exposures from agricultural and\u00a0non-agricultural use. Of the 798 cases associated with non-agricultural use, 18% of them (146 cases) involved exposure in children under 18 years old. The exposure rates are alarming, and only strengthen efforts by local activists in counties like Tulare to protect children from pesticide exposure. According to the report, Tulare County has the highest number of reported illnesses related to pesticide exposure at 78, followed by Santa Cruz County with 67.<\/p>\n

The report, Summary of Results from the California Pesticide Illness Surveillance Program 2014<\/a>,<\/em> provides a summary of illnesses identified by the Pesticide Illness Surveillance Program (PISP), a program under DPR. Of the 1,685 cases potentially involving health effects from pesticide exposure reported, DPR epidemiologists determined that 1,073 of those cases were \u201cat least possibly associated\u201d with pesticide exposure, representing a 5% decrease from 2013. However, even though the number of associated cases decreased in 2014, PISP did see a 14% rise in the number of associated episodes, defined as \u201can event in which a single source possibly, probably, or defin\"\"itely exposed one or more people (cases) to pesticides.\u201d The number of cases associated with non-agricultural pesticide use also increased, up 16% from 2013 for a total of 798 cases. Of those 798 cases, 34% of them were defined as occupational, meaning that they occurred while the affected people were at work. PISP also looked in injuries to agricultural field workers, finding that 148 workers were affected by pesticide exposure in 25 different episodes, with 40 being the largest number of workers injured at one time.<\/p>\n

These increases are indicative of a need for increased protections from pesticide exposure for the people of California. Since this fall, public health advocates have been at odds with the state over a proposed rule intended to protect children by establishing buffer zones around schools. The proposed rule, Pesticide Use Near Schoolsites<\/a>, proposes only limited restrictions for certain agricultural pesticide applications near schools and child day care facilities. It would require farmers to notify public schools and child day care facilities when \u201ccertain pesticide applications made for the production of an agricultural commodity near a school site are planned in the coming year and also a few days prior to the applications.\u201d For pesticides applied via aircraft, airblast sprayer, sprinkler chemigation, and fumigation, there must be a minimum \u00bc mile buffer around the school or child day care facility. Advocates say that while the move by CDPR is a step in the right direction, it is not rigorous enough, buffer zones are well below the\u00a0one mile distance necessary, and does not adequately protect the most vulnerable populations from pesticide exposure. The rule does not include private K-12 schools or family day care homes, a move that according to\u00a0CDPR documents<\/a>\u00a0is due to the potential for increased costs to businesses and regulated entities. Additionally, the rule only applies to pesticide application activities Monday through Friday, during the hours of 6am to 6pm. Advocates say that these are unacceptable holes in this proposed rule and must be addressed before the final rule is published.<\/p>\n

In Tulare County, the place with the highest number of reported pesticide related illnesses in 2014, more than 75 parents, teachers and advocates for social and environmental justice marched this fall to protest DPR\u2019s draft rules for pesticides use near schools. Led by members of the Tulare County Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Safety (TCCAPS), the protesters say that the regulations fall short in protecting school children and staff from pesticides that drift from nearby agricultural spraying. \u00a0Parents and teachers want to extend the buffer zone to one\u00a0mile, as it has been studied that pesticide drift can travel even\u00a0greater than a mile<\/a>\u00a0away from its original application site. In fact, pesticide particles can attach themselves to air masses and be\u00a0deposited across the globe.<\/a>\u00a0Agricultural pesticide exposure is linked to serious childhood health concerns, including asthma, autism, cancer and developmental and neurological damages.<\/p>\n

In 2014, the California Department of Health released a report, Agricultural Pesticide Use Near Public Schools<\/a>,\u00a0that for the first time documented the use of the most hazardous agricultural pesticides near public schools in 15 of California\u2019s agricultural counties. The report shed light on the use of more than a half a million pounds of 144 different chemicals that could be a cause for health concerns used within \u00bc\u00a0mile of public schools. Tulare County had the highest percentage of schools with pesticides of public health concern applied within \u00bc mile \u201463%, or 123 of Tulare County\u2019s 194 public schools. Racial disparities were also identified. According to the report, \u201cIn the 15 counties assessed, Hispanic children were 46% more likely than White children to attend schools with any use of pesticides within \u00bc mile, compared to children attending schools with no pesticide use within \u00bc mile.\u201d Even more striking, the report finds that, \u201cThis difference was more pronounced with increased pesticide use, as Hispanic children were 91% more likely than White children to attend a school in the top quartile of pesticide usage, when compared to children attending schools with no pesticide use nearby.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Santa Cruz County, activists are also concerned about the study findings, which placed them second in the state for most pesticide related illnesses right behind Tulare. Lucia Calderon, organizer of the statewide coalition Safe Ag Safe Schools, speaking about Santa Cruz County, said \u201cit is concerning to us that a relatively small county has such a large proportion of illnesses related to agricultural pesticides, especially in a place where treated fields are so close to schools and neighborhoods, it is crucial that the DPR takes action to truly reduce the incidence of pesticide drift and subsequent poisonings.\u201d Ms. Calderon also advocates for one-mile buffer zones around schools, largely due to a report published in 2011 that found 82 percent of pesticide exposure occurs more than a quarter-mile away from the application site. \u201cA \u00bc\u00a0is not enough to protect from pesticide drift and illness,\u201d she said Tuesday, \u201cto protect public health and make sure agricultural pesticide illness is truly reduced, Santa Cruz County and the entire state need full-time, full-mile buffer zones around schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond Pesticides does not believe that the \u00bc mile buffer zone is rigorous enough to protect public health from pesticide drift. Other deficiencies\u00a0in the proposed\u00a0regulation include the rule\u2019s limited scope in only addressing public schools, leaving out private K-12 schools and private day care facilities. The time to submit comments on this issue has passed, as of December 9, 2016, but there are still ways you can get involved. Learn more about the dangers of pesticide drift by looking at our fact sheet on pesticide drift<\/a>. Also, as a food consumer, the best way to protect farmworkers, their children, and rural communities from pesticide use and exposure is to buy organic food in the grocery store. Beyond Pesticides\u2019\u00a0Eating with a Conscience<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0identifies the range of pesticides used in chemical-intensive food production that is eliminated from use in organic production. To learn more about the campaign for social justice food labeling and the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP), see\u00a0Social Justice Food Labeling: From food to table<\/a>. For more information, see Beyond Pesticides\u2019\u00a0Agricultural Justice<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n

Source: Register Pajaronian<\/a>, CDPR<\/a><\/p>\n

All unattributed positions are that of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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