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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A woman fills up drinking water containers from a kiosk in Orosi, California on January 23, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A neighborhood in East Orosi, California on January 23, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A neighborhood in East Orosi, California on January 23, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A neighborhood in East Orosi, California on January 23, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.An irrigation ditch in East Orosi, California on January 23, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.An irrigation ditch in East Orosi, California on January 23, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.East Orosi, California is surrounded by orchards, mainly citrus, on January 23, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms., 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.East Orosi, California is surrounded by orchards, mainly citrus, on January 23, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.East Orosi, California's water board office on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.East Orosi, California is surrounded by orchards, mainly citrus, on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.East Orosi, California's water board office on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.East Orosi, California's water board office on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.East Orosi, California's water board office on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A neighborhood in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A drinking well sits next to a home in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A bottled water delivery sits outside a home in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A bottled water delivery sits outside a home in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A bottled water delivery sits outside a home in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.East Orosi, California is surrounded by orchards, mainly citrus, on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.Farmworker Berta Diaz and her daughter Maribel Sanchez pose for a portrait at their home in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.Farmworker Berta Diaz poses for a portrait next to her bottled water supply in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.Jessica Arellano, 15, has lived in East Orosi, California for eight years, drinking only bottled water on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.Jessica Arellano, 15, has lived in East Orosi, California for eight years, drinking only bottled water on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.Ryan Jensen, community solutions senior manager for the Community Water Center poses for a portrait next to a well in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.Ryan Jensen, community solutions senior manager for the Community Water Center poses for a portrait next to a well in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.Ryan Jensen, community solutions senior manager for the Community Water Center poses for a portrait next to a well in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A neighborhood in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A neighborhood in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A neighborhood in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A neighborhood in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A neighborhood in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.Felipe Gonzalez poses for a portrait in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A farmworker wears a protective gear on the way to spraying an orchard in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.The west well that provides drinking water to East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.The west well that provides drinking water to East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.The west well that provides drinking water to East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.An orchard in East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.A dry irrigation ditch marks the border between Orosi and East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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'It's a toxic blend': where the kids are warned not to swallow the bath water. Predominantly Latino towns in California like East Orosi face huge obstacles getting clean drinking water
An invisible line splits the rural road of Avenue 416 in California’s Tulare county, at the point where the nut trees stretch east toward the towering Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance. On one side of the line, residents have clean water. On the other side, they do not. On the other side lies East Orosi, an unincorporated community of about 700 where children grow up learning to never open their eyes or mouths while they shower. They know that what comes out of their faucets may harm them, and parents warn they must not swallow when they brush their teeth. They spend their lives sustaining themselves on bottled water while just one mile down Avenue 416, the same children they go to school with in the community of Orosi can drink from their taps freely and bathe without a second thought.
East Orosi is one of many predominantly Latino communities that suffer from contaminated drinking water that has exceeded federal limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. This is an issue that affects 5.25m people across California.The view into East Orosi, California on January 22, 2021. East Orosi's drinking water isn't safe to drink due to nitrate contamination from surrounding farms.
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June 7, 2018 - Lyon, France - Beekeepers demonstrate against pesticides in Lyon, France, on June 7, 2018. They denounce the over-intensive use of pesticides, which have led to a massive extinction of bees for several years (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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'Every time the planes pass, my eyes burn': the hidden cost of Costa Rican bananas
Pesticides banned in the EU are still used in the Central American country, affecting workers and ecosystems, all to meet the demand for 'perfect' fruit in the west.
Among the pesticides found in the blood of local women and children, are chlorothalonil and mancozeb - two fungicides associated with potential carcinogenic effects - as well as chlorpyrifos, known for its neurotoxic effects on children, and neonicotinoids, a type of insecticide which can hinder neurological development.
Many of these agrochemicals are banned in Europe but continue to be produced and exported to countries such as Costa Rica, where they help to meet market demands for the kind of aesthetically perfect bananas sold worldwide.
A banana worker loads a bunch of bananas weighing an average of 80 kilograms on his shoulders. Banana racimos are then hung from a pulley system pushed by hand from the field to the canning plant where the fruit is selected, washed, treated and finally packaged. According to the SEPSA statistical bulletin (Secretar’a Ejecutiva de Planificaci—n Sectorial Agropecuaria -2022) the laborers who harvest or prune the plants are paid less than 2 and a half euros per hour for 10-12 hours of work per day. Workers who apply pesticides work fewer hours and are paid more (around 3 euros an hour). It is common for field workers to come into contact with pesticides, developing acute pathologies such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, fainting, dermatitis, burning eyes.
Canton of Talamanca, Province of Limon, Costa Rica, 2019.
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Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
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Dame Vivienne Westwood
Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
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Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Tang / Rex Features (2308443q)
Dame Vivienne Westwood
Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
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Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Tang / Rex Features (2308443j)
Dame Vivienne Westwood
Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
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Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Tang / Rex Features (2308443g)
Dame Vivienne Westwood
Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
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Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Tang / Rex Features (2308443e)
Dame Vivienne Westwood
Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
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Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Tang / Rex Features (2308443i)
Dame Vivienne Westwood
Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
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Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Tang / Rex Features (2308443c)
Katharine Hamnett and Dame Vivienne Westwood
Demonstration urging the Government to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission, London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
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The 'March of the Beekeepers', London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
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Dame Vivienne Westwood and Katherine Hamnett at No.10 Downing Street
The 'March of the Beekeepers', London, Britain - 26 Apr 2013
Dame Vivienne Westwood, Katharine Hamnett, join campaigners at the March of the Beekeepers organised by the Environmental Justice Foundation in association with Avaaz, Buglife, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Pesticide Action Network (PAN UK), RSPB, Soil Association and 38Degrees to urge Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Owen Paterson to vote to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides at the European Commission on Monday April 29
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Farmer pouring pesticides into his sprayer
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