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Greenfield Councilwoman expresses concern about the pesticide chlorpyrifos

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 The pesticide chlorpyrifos that’s used in fields to try and get rid of bugs in the Salinas Valley has some people alarmed. Greenfield City Councilwoman Nely Martinez recently wrote an article on safeagsafeschools.weebly.com and said that it can be harmful. Martinez said that a study was recently done by a group at UC Berkeley regarding kids who grew up in an agricultural area and Martinez said that this pesticide is linked to cancer, changes in behavior with children and birth defects. Martinez indicated that 2 schools in Greenfield have the highest level of chlorpyrifos exposure. In addition, Martinez stated that this pesticide was supposed to be banned under the Obama Administration, but President Donald Trump said that chlorpyrifos is not harmful and is now still being used. Martinez mentioned that talks are ongoing in Washington DC with DPR and scientific studies are still being conducted to find out if chlorpyrifos should be banned at all or not. 

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