Who Are we?
Safe Ag Safe Schools (SASS) is a coalition of over 50 organizations and individuals working together to reduce the threat of pesticide exposure in the Monterey Bay area. SASS is focused on increasing grassroots pressure on policy-makers to reduce hazardous pesticide use in and around schools and residential communities.
Explore our website to found out more information on pesticide usage in California. We have included links to interactive pesticide maps, our current campaigns, resources regarding research, pesticide reporting, and worker's rights, and educational materials about the effects of pesticide exposure as well as the struggle to protect children from toxic agricultural chemicals.
Photo credit: Brian Fox
Explore our website to found out more information on pesticide usage in California. We have included links to interactive pesticide maps, our current campaigns, resources regarding research, pesticide reporting, and worker's rights, and educational materials about the effects of pesticide exposure as well as the struggle to protect children from toxic agricultural chemicals.
Photo credit: Brian Fox
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Watch teachers of Monterey and Santa Cruz counties express concern over pesticide usage near their schools and how it affects their students.
"Monterey County is ground zero for the tonnage of these pesticides, ground zero for the number of school children affected, and absolutely the top are Latino." |
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