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On Cesar Chavez Day, Farmworker & Health Advocates Petition U.S. EPA to Cancel Carcinogenic Pesticide

March 31, 2010
For immediate release

CONTACTS:

Kathleen Sutcliffe, Earthjustice, 202-667-4500, ext. 235, 202-384-7157 (cell)
Paul S. Towers, Pesticide Watch, Cell: 916.216.1082
Tracey Brieger, Californians for Pesticide Reform, Cell: 415.215.5473

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