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DPR’s Toxic Tour raises skepticism over its environmental justice trajectory

10/23/24 7:04 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS abandoned oil wells banning pesticides in California spray drift exposure to workers and bystanders sustainable pest management for environmental justice communities toxic air pollution harms socially disadvantaged communities
The Department of Pesticide Regulation partnered with a farmworker advocacy group to host an event dubbed a Toxic Tour of Santa Maria farms, stoking outrage among farm groups.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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