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Erika Alfaro, a Santa Cruz resident and pediatric nurse case manager, was one of dozens from across California who...
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Lookout spoke to five Watsonville berry pickers, all of them mothers, about the effect working around pesticides has had...
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Pesticide application needs to stop in the Pajaro Valley. It’s not only harming people, it is also damaging our soil and...
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Thousands of female farmworkers are regularly being assaulted, groped and raped in Santa Cruz County fields, without...
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Retired Watsonville teacher Kathryn Mizuno wants agricultural giants like Driscoll’s to be more accountable for the sort...
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Editorial: Would residents of Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley or Aptos allow pesticides to be sprayed next to their kids’...
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The Watsonville City Council has put further action on pesticides on its upcoming agenda, even as concerned local groups...
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Longtime UC Santa Cruz researcher Joji Muramoto is the first organic soil specialist employed by the University of...
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A new advocacy group’s campaign to educate the public about the dangers of pesticides sprayed near neighborhoods with...
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When she turned from biologist to sociologist and human rights advocate 25 years ago, Ann Lopez realized how dire the...