Helpful Products, Dangerous Toxins

March 6, 2013 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, Environmental Health Leadership Summit, environmental justice, environmental toxins, Fatima Ramirez, Martha Dina Arguello, pesticides, Physicians for Social Responsibility

[Translate]   FATIMA RAMIREZ/Coachella Unincorporated   THERMAL, Calif. – Shampoo. Beauty products. Household cleansers. On a typical day, most people use about 20 products such as these before they even leave their homes.

Joaquín Magón: Farm Workers Will Benefit From Prop 37

November 3, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, Dana Pearls, diary of joaquin magon, Farm Workers, food justice, GMO, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, Methyl Iodide, Pesticide Action Network, pesticides, Prop 37, Proposition 37, Salinas, UFW

[Translate]   Entry 19: Farm Workers Left Out of Prop 37 Discussion, But Have a Stake SALINAS – As an organizer with the United Farm Workers, I’ve grown accustomed to seeing farm workers routinely be excluded or absent from the public discourse happening around issues of food justice.