Farmworkers feed the world. Anyone who eats and who purchases food at a grocery store in the US has an intimate connection to farmworkers, whether they are aware of it or not. Read more »

Half of US grown fruits, nuts, and vegetables come from California fields, which all depend on the hard work of approximately 700,000 farmworkers. Read more »

In 2007, the United States used 684 million pounds of pesticides in agriculture, accounting for 80% of all U.S. pesticide use. Read more »

Despite the cries of “EPA overreaching” so prevalent in the press, EPA regulators are failing children’s health -- especially rural kids in communities of color and economically-disadvantaged populations -- in some crucial ways. Read more »

The US uses about 1.1 billion pounds of pesticides each year, representing more than one-fifth of the annual global use of 5.2 billion pounds. Read more »
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In 2010, the American Public Health Association (APHA) passed a policy resolution urging the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require pesticide manufacturers to develop methods for detecting human exposure to their chemicals. Read more »
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Our current conventional agricultural system relies heavily on synthetic pesticides, and when pesticide exposure is mentioned, the first thought that may come to mind is pesticide residues on food. Read more »

If one looks at the roots of my “advocacy” in the broadest way, I would date my involvement to when I was in elementary school, when I became aware of the Holocaust as regards to my family history, and the legacy of slavery given commemorative events centering around the 100th anniversary of the Civil War. Read more »

I just retired from 30 years as a cardiologist at Kaiser Richmond, a span of time that started in 1981, right after my fellowship, and went to the end of November 2010. Read more »
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I have been doing advocacy work for about a dozen years now. I went back to nursing school to update my degree and ended up in graduate school in Barbara Sattler’s first class in the nation for nurses on environmental health nursing. Read more »
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As a health professional or as a physician, when one is treating an individual, that is important for that individual and you will improve quality of life for that individual. Read more »

In 1974 I was the director of a community health center in Lynn Mass, freshly out of my MPH. We had a lead poisoning prevention program that was funded by the federal government through CDC. Read more »

I’ve been doing advocacy work for at least 15 years, and I’ve never had a bad experience. I’ve had some very brief interviews with people who are the other side of issues. Read more »

I first got involved in advocacy work through PSR. When I was a college student I heard Helen Caldicott speak, around 1984. Read more »
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We’ve known for decades that the environment, defined broadly to include general exposures like air and water pollution, occupational exposures and personal exposures such as tobacco smoke and various components of diet, cause the great majority of cancers. Read more »
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Last year, President Obama boldly pledged to reform the national health care system. Central to this reform is containing health care costs which are soaring at about 6% each year. Read more »
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Policy makers must address the disparities in the rates of cancers affecting people of color, ethnic minority, and low-income populations. Read more »
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The developing embryo and fetus are uniquely vulnerable to environmental chemicals because of the route of exposure through the placenta, and the timing of exposure when their critical life systems are organizing while their bodies are being constructed. Read more »

As a cancer survivor, I have been asked to do many cancer benefit fashion shows. As an unapologetic lover of fashion and bling, I always accept the invitations. Read more »
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After World War II, the United States experienced a chemical revolution. Stockpiles of chemicals developed to fight the war made their way into everyday commerce. Read more »
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