'Like a slow death': families fear pesticide poisoning after Trump reverses ban
by Sam Levin in Lindsay, California from on (#2KB5Z)
The administration's rejection of the science on chlorpyrifos, widely used in California's Central Valley, means its use will continue - and Latino residents are worried their children's health issues will worsen along with it
A white cloud of pesticides had drifted into Fidelia Morales's back yard, coating her children's swing set.
The 40-year-old mother of five gestured toward the citrus groves that surround her house in California's Central Valley as she recounted when an air blast sprayer sent chemicals floating onto her property last year - landing on her family's red and blue jungle gym.
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