Farmer and Farmworker Defense
Center for Food Safety stands with farmers and farmworkers on the front lines of pesticide exposure, using litigation and advocacy to hold EPA accountable, challenge toxic chemicals, and secure stronger protections for the health of workers, families, and future generations.
Farmer and Farmworker Defense Litigation
Victory • Cases with Impact • Healthy Communities • Farmer and Farmworker Defense • Pesticides and Toxics
Protecting Farmworkers from Endocrine-Disrupting Pesticides
Center for Food Safety, alongside farmworker and environmental health organizations, sued EPA over its decades-long failure to test and regulate endocrine-disrupting pesticides as required by federal law.
In a major victory, EPA agreed to a landmark legal settlement requiring the agency to take concrete steps to assess endocrine-disrupting pesticides and establish timelines for reviewing dozens of chemicals over the coming years.
The agreement marked a major step toward protecting farmworkers, rural communities, and public health after decades of agency inaction.