Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Endangers Essential Farm Workers | NowThis

This pesticide wreaks havoc on the human nervous system — so why is it still legal in most states?

In US news and current events today, a dangerous pesticide called Chlorpyrifos, which is known for attacking the nervous system, is still legal in the U.S. and is still being used in most states. Farm workers have been deemed 'essential' by the federal government to maintain food supplies during the coronavirus pandemic (the COVID-19 pandemic). In addition to heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 many of these workers are at continued risk of exposure to toxic pesticides. Learn more about these pesticides and why they are still in use, in this video.

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[christophersnyder]

It's called greed, money comes first over health, unfortunately.

[medusaspupil]

Go to farmworkerjustice and sign the petition to ban this pesticide.

[probablynotabigtoe]

Farmers should be utilizing regional Biological organisms to fight Pests.
Its more expensive atm, but only because it hasn't been commercialized yet.

There are soil organisms as well as predatory insects that can fight pest organisms without detrament to crops and the environment, they just need to be deployed intelligently and crops need to be monitored properly. With the age of technology machines in combination with workers could be used to search for and identify infestations.

Farmers need to be forced, chemical means should be used as a last resource and should be extremely limited to how much they can use, to encourage use of biological means.

Large pesticide companies have been lobbying to keep harmful chemicals legal for decades, it's time to STOP poisoning ourselves and the environment.

[darkdan]

We all know profits are important and people are replaceable, somehow we are going the wrong way...

[FUNKYFRESH]

Let the soil food web and no till Organic living soil with natural remedies do the job!

[luisg.yearsago]

And remember...It rains all the time and that infected dirt goes down and eventually into the ocean

[oAvalono]

You ask an orange or an apple farmer, they'll tell you, they would never feed their own family their own produce.

[Noah-wl]

That why you should always buy organic

[Maximum-Unit]

It's a world were rich will survive by any means and poor will suffer,
For example movie 2012 why only rich and politicial leader boarded the ship and rest of the world died.

[Mx-veganworldby]

Also it’s what killing the bees 🐝 🐝 without bees nature will collapse.

[Petroskoi]

Because our whole society is totally corrupted and nobody is doing anything about it.

[sandlercruise]

Will I ever be able to stop looking at things that I know will make me angry?

[jamesu]

It will take many solutions to reduce pesticides that are destroying more than bugs. Remember if it is good for the birds and the bees it is good for you and me. Trees have been removed from the ends of farm fields. More trees will result in more birds and the birds eat many of the insects. More trees please.

[t-dog]

yeh it's awesome on green ants i wish i read the msds though within an hr i was hospitalized

[SoWhatsNew]

Strange, NY still spraying pesticide right inside the city at the major transportation hub!

[nesta]

You know why its still legal? Because it all has to do with the economy. Just as you dont provide free schools for everyone to educate (want poor people so prisons system and legal system grants big money) you also need people to be sick. Therefor you still have toxins like this used. In EU we have banned substance that color food (bad english sorry, dont know the correct word) but in USA this colorising substance is still being used in american food. Its been banned since 90's in EU. You need them in order to make your insane healthsystem thrive. Im scared by watching videos like this, how do americans not react to this? But i guess americans always has to do it their own way, no matter the cost.

[llc]

We have to change this. We can change it if we refuse to buy this produce. We can change it by voting blue and advocating to protect workers.

[andrewmcgregor]

Jesus isn't going to like this. May God bless all these hard workers who have no choice but to submit themselves to these inhumane work conditions

[yarou]

Good to see that it's illegal from where I live.

[joemomma]

Money. Someone has enough of it to pay the corrupt law makers