Oxnard Residents Speak Out About Pesticides Near Schools
"It’s the health of our community, the health of our kids that's being put at risk," says one resident.
Ventura County Star:
Rules Limiting Pesticides Near Schools Debated In Oxnard
About 175 people attended a hearing this week in Oxnard to tell state officials what they think about regulations that would limit how growers use pesticides near schools. Farmworkers and their allies, worried about the impact pesticides could have on children's health, said the regulations don't go far enough. "We get that pesticides need to be used to improve production, but we need to find a balance between that and our health," said Felix Cortes, representing MICOP, the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project. "Because it’s the health of our community, the health of our kids that's being put at risk." (Moore, 11/16)
In other health care news from across the state —
KPBS Public Media:
San Diego Scheduled To Spray For Mosquitoes In Spring Valley
San Diego County Vector Control crews will hand-spray a neighborhood in Spring Valley on Thursday in an attempt to kill invasive Aedes mosquitoes to keep them from potentially spreading the Zika virus. After more mosquitoes were found in the vicinity of an individual who contracted Zika while traveling abroad, county crews went door-to-door through the neighborhood Tuesday to notify people of the planned hand-spraying. (11/16)
The Mercury News:
Marijuana Use Still Prohibited On Stanford Campus
Adults can now legally smoke and grow marijuana for recreational use in California, but Stanford University students won’t be allowed to light up on campus. The possession, use and growth of marijuana will remain prohibited on Stanford property, including off-campus housing, despite the passage of Proposition 64 in last week’s election, campus officials said in a statement Monday. (Lee, 11/16)
Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
Brandon Maxfield, Child Shooting Victim Who Took Down Defective Gun Maker, Dies At 29
A Willits man who gained national recognition as a teen for shutting down the gunmaker responsible for manufacturing a defective pistol that paralyzed him in an accident at the age of 7, has died. Brandon Maxfield, 29, died Nov. 13 from complications of his paralysis, said Mike Harkins, a friend, family spokesman and author of a book about Maxfield and his legal case against Bryco Arms, a manufacturer of cheap firearms. Maxfield’s long legal fight against the gunmaker began in 1994 after a babysitter accidentally shot him with a Bryco Arms Model 38 pistol owned by his father. (Anderson, 11/16)