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LULAC Historic Court Win Forces Pesticide Off Market
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Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Applauds End to
Manufacture of Chlorpyrifos

Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today
announced an unprecedented victory in its 90-history after Corteva, a company
that makes the agricultural pesticide Chlorpyrifos, conceded Thursday that it is
removing the chemical from sale worldwide immediately.

“This clearly shows the power of the people when we fight injustice and stand up
for what is right even if it seems that we are but a David going up against a
multi-billion dollar Goliath,” said Domingo Garcia, National President. “LULAC
was the primary plaintiff in the lawsuit against this long-used poison that was
exposing millions of Latino farmworkers and their families, even entire
communities, to a pesticide with a proven history of causing low-birth weight in
babies, hurting the ability of children to learn and even causing attention
deficit disorders,” he added.

Corteva is a company that was spun off following the merger of Dupont and Dow
Chemical and still insists Chlorpyrifos is safe. However, it admitted that sales
globally of the pesticide were declining and made the decision to discontinue
manufacturing the chemical that once was the most used in agriculture since the
1990’s when it was first introduced.

LULAC and a coalition of organizations prevailed in a ruling handed down in July,
2019 by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals against the Environmental Protection
Agency which was refusing to ban chlorpyrifos. Following the landmark ruling,
LULAC Chief Executive Officer Sindy Benavides called attention to its
significance for millions of Latinos. “For years corporations like Dow were able
to hijack our government to put profit before people. But today the court sided
with reason. Children and farmworkers have the right to live and work without
risk of poisonings,” she stated.

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About LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000
councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and
advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of
today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org.







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