Supported: letter from California Certified Organic Farmers
Supported: letter from California Certified Organic Farmers calling for an Organic Transition Option to be added to California’s Healthy Soils Program. Organic farming is better for human health and the environment because organic farmers are prohibited from using virtually all 900 synthetic pesticides. The Organic Transition Option would give farmers and ranchers a stipend to ...
Opposed: The use of Carbon Tetrachloride by submitting public comments to EPA
Opposed the continued use of Carbon Tetrachloride by submitting public comments related to the EPA Draft Risk Evaluation. In its initial assessment, the EPA found that Carbon Tetrachloride poses no risks to the environment or to those working directly with the chemical. Meanwhile, independent studies have concluded that the chemical is carcinogenic, threatens groundwater supplies, ...