1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

Removing Sections 10204, 10205, and 10206 from the House Farm Bill and increasing support for Senate Bill 2324, A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to establish a private right of action for injuries caused by pesticides, and for other purposes. 1) Pesticide producers have consistently misrepresented, downplayed, and withheld data on the carcinogenic and reproductive harms of their chemicals. The EPA should be able to update pesticide labels as new data suggests the damaging health, property, and crop risks of pesticides. 2) The EPA, state, and local governments should be able to regulate pesticide application, require more in-depth labeling, and hold pesticide companies accountable. Stripping these rights endangers farm workers, gardeners, landscapers, school children, and all Americans. 3) Giving liability immunity to pesticide producers endangers Americans and takes away the only way we can take action against them. Americans should be able to take civil action against chemical companies for damages to their health, property, and crops.