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DESCRIPTION:Omar Dieguez, a Brown Beret from Watsonville, is on a 30-day hunger strike 
 to protest pesticide use near schools. He’s joined by Providence Alaniz, 
 a mother whose daughter was exposed at an afterschool program.\n\nThey’re 
 speaking out because the science is clear:\n👉🏽 Latino children in 
 California are 91% more likely to attend schools near the heaviest 
 pesticide use (CalEPA, 2014).\n👉🏽 Pesticides like chlorpyrifos and 
 methyl bromide are linked to brain damage, developmental delays, and 
 childhood cancers (Harvard Chan School, Environmental Health, 
 2017).\n👉🏽 In Watsonville, childhood cancer rates are 36% higher than 
 the state average (CalCAN, 2023).\n\nJoining them:\nDr. Ann Lopez – 
 scholar and founder of Center for Farmworker Families\nYanley Martinez – 
 Organizer for Sage Ag Safe Schools\nSean Dougherty – Candidate for 
 Congress, standing with families, not chemical corporations\n\n📅 
 Saturday, Sept 13\n🕖 7:00 PM\n📍 Zoom Town Hall\n\nThis isn’t just 
 about strawberries. It’s about survival.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/06/18879635.php
SUMMARY:Virtual Town Hall: The Fight Against Pesticides
LOCATION:Zoom Registration: 
 https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nnoGpgT4T3qwnRW1Sxn9VQ#/registration
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/06/18879635.php
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