In the Media

Recent Media

2017 - Present

• The New Lede, 03/2023. California researchers link popular weedkiller to health problems in young adults
• Civil Eats, 12/22/20, Should Food and Farm Workers Be Next in Line for the COVID-19 Vaccine?
• ABC, 12/14/20. COVID-19 vaccine: Advocates push for high priority for CA farmworkers
• La Opinión, 12/13/20. Agricultores: los más afectados por el COVID-19
• The Los Angeles Time, 12/13/20. Agricultores: los más afectados por el COVID-19
• The Sacramento Bee, 12/10/20. ‘We have failed’: How COVID-19 affects California’s 800,000 farmworkers
• Democracy Now, 12/04/20. California Farmworkers Infected by Coronavirus at Three Times the Rate of Other Workers
• Monterey County Weekly, 12/03/20. California Farmworkers Infected by Coronavirus at Three Times the Rate of Other Workers
• KCBS This morning, 12/04/20. COVID-19 Farmworker Study
• KSBW, 12/03/20. First of its kind study looks into COVID-19 prevalence in Salinas Valley farmworkers
• Patch, 12/03/20. UC Berkeley: California Farmworkers Hit Hard by Coronavirus, Study Finds
• The Daily Californian, 12/03/20. Study shows disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on CA farmworkers
• Telemundo, 12/03/20. Reporte: contagios de COVID-19 tres veces más alto entre campesinos
• The Desert Sun, 12/02/20. Study of 1,091 Salinas Valley farmworkers finds 13% positive for COVID-19 over 5 months
• The Guardian, 12/02/20. Covid and California's farmworkers: study lays bare disproportionate risks
• Berkeley News, 12/02/2020. California farmworkers hit hard by COVID-19, study finds
• KALW Radio, 9/29/20. Pregnancy And Pesticides: A Study As Old As Its Subjects Reveals Health Concerns
• Innovative Genomics Institute, 8/31/20. COVID-19 Research Spotlight: Brenda Eskenazi on Risks to California Farmworkers
• Consumer Reports, 8/27/20. Stop eating pesticides
• Monterey County Now, 8/20/20. A study led by Salinas youth reveals the harmful effects of everyday cleaning products
• The Defender, 8/3/20. "I Can't Breathe." Black Americans and the burden of environmental racism
• Food and Environmenta Reporting Network, 7/7/20. As Covid-19 cases spike, an unprecedented alliance emerges to protect California farmworkers
• Monterey Herald, 6/27/20. Tracking a lifetime of exposures to better understand disease
• Monterey Herald, 3/28/20. We must assure the health of farmworkers
• US News, 11/29/19. Deportation fears linked to migrant women's high blood pressure: study
• CNN, 11/27/19. Deportation fears linked to higher blood pressure among immigrant women
• New York Times, 9/26/19. The Types of Plastics Families Should Avoid
• KION, 9/2/19, Salinas teens lead research study on the effects of household cleaning products
• New Scientist, 7/24/19. Safety of many sunscreen ingredients is in doubt- should we worry? 
• UC Berkeley News, 6/24/19. Deportation worries fuel anxiety, poor sleep, among US-born Latinx teens
• New York Magazine, 2/20/19. The Lost Generation: Trump’s environmental policies are putting the health of American children at risk
• The Guardian, 10/25/18. Ban entire pesticide class to protect children's health, experts say

• PBS NewsHour, 10/10/18. What’s on your citrus fruit? Trump’s EPA fights to keep controversial insecticide in use

• The Californian, 9/4/18: Salinas mural on pesticides' impact on farmworkers opens for viewing Friday
• New York Times, 8/24/18: Pesticide Studies Won E.P.A.'s Trust, Until Trump's Team Scorned 'Secret Science'
• VICE, 1/30/18: How Fear of Deportation Affects the Body
• U.S. News and World Report, 1/11/18: Can Deportation Fears Hurt the Heart?
• UC Berkeley News, 1/9/2018: Heart health at risk for Latinas worried about deportation
• The Promise of Berkeley, 12/21/2017: Champions for children’s health
• AL Jazeera, 11/22/2017: Faultlines The Rollback: Trump's Toxic War (Minute 21)
• Reuters, 9/19/2017: Energy-efficient green buildings may emit hazardous chemicals
• Reuters, 9/12/2017: Moms most exposed to pesticides more likely to have preterm babies
• Futurity, 8/16/2017: Common pesticide may cause lung problems in kids
• Capitol Radio, 8/14/2017: Battle Over Pesticide Pits Demand For Proof Against Precautions For Health
• UC Berkeley News, 8/14/2017: Heavily used pesticide linked to breathing problems in farmworkers’ children
• WLRN Miami, 7/24/2017: A Cure Worse Than The Disease? Despite Questions On Pesticide's Safety, Naled Spraying Continues
• The Aggie (UC Davis), 6/12/2017: Call to action: widespread toxic exposures contribute to developmental disorders
• Civil Eats, 4/13/2017: Can California Reverse EPA’s U-Turn on Pesticide Ban?
• Nature, 4/12/17. Immigration crackdowns damage health- even for unborn children
• Poisoning Paradise, 3/17/2017: Documentary Dr. Brenda Eskenazi comments on health concerns related to pesticides
• Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN) Article of the Month, 3/1/2017: Reducing Phthalate, Paraben, and Phenol Exposure from Personal Care Products in Adolescent Girls: Findings from the HERMOSA Intervention Study
• California State Senate Media on Demand, 3/1/2017: Senate Environmental Quality Committee: Dr. Asa Bradman testifies on CHAMACOS research related to Department of Pesticide Regulation’s proposed Pesticide Use Near Schoolsites regulation (Dr. Bradman's testimony begins at 2:11)
• The Intercept, 1/6/2017: Poison Fruit: Dow Chemical wants farmers to keep using a pesticide linked to autism and ADHD

2014 - 2016

• ABC's Good Morning America , 12/8/2016: What is really in your Makeup Behind the Beauty Counter
• ABC News Good Morning America, 12/8/2016: Chemical Regulations: What Is Really in Your Makeup?
• UC Berkeley News, 11/21/2016: Asa Bradman appointed to National Organics Standards Board
• UC Berkeley School of Public Health Research Highlights, 10/13/2016: Study finds concerning levels of airborne chemicals in daycare environments
• UC Berkeley School of Public Health News, 9/21/2016: Berkeley center wins $10 million grant as part of NIH initiative to research environmental influences on child health
• UC Berkeley, 9/6/2016: Looking for safer cosmetics
• Children’s Environmental Health Network, 9/1/2016: Early childhood adversity potentiates the adverse association between prenatal organophosphate pesticide exposure and child IQ: the CHAMACOS cohort
• Time, 8/24/2016: You Asked: Can My Couch Give Me Cancer?
• Prospect, 8/23/2016: Forget GMOs. Pesticides Pose the Real Risk
• KION News (spn), 7/22/2016: Pesticide exposure in Latina teens” (starts at 7:36)
• KION News (eng), 7/21/2016: Pesticide exposure in Latina teens” (starts at 0:23)
• KQED Radio with Michael Krasny, 3/14/2016: Switching Cosmetics Dramatically Lowers Chemical Levels for Teens
• KQED News , 3/7/2016: Big Drop in Chemical Levels in Girls Who Switched Cosmetics
• UC Berkeley News, 12/3/2015: Reduced breathing capacity in kids linked to early pesticide exposure
• New York Times, 10/8/2015: Eating organic lowers pesticide levels in children
• The New York Times, 9/24/2015:  A Watchful Eye on Farm Families’ Health
• National Public Radio (NPR), 7/27/2015: Teen Study Reveals Dangerous Chemicals in Cosmetics  
• Latino USA , 7/24/2015: Teen Study Reveals Dangerous Chemicals in Cosmetics
• Children's Environmental Health Network's July 2015 Article of the Month, 7/1/2015: In Utero and Childhood Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Exposures and Body Mass at Age 7 Years: The CHAMACOS Study
• Environmental Health News, 4/24/2014: Mexican-American kids have among world’s highest levels of flame retardants
• The Nation, 3/11/2014: Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain

2011 - 2013

• Californian, 9/24/2013: Strawberry Fumigant Affects Birth Weights (Archived on Madera County Farm Bureau News)
• Sf Chronicle, 9/23/2013: Pesticides’ effect on generations of field-workers
• Science, 9/16/2013: Growing up with Pesticides
• Science, 8/16/2013: Growing up with Pesticides
• Monterey Herald, 7/22/2013: Salinas students put beauty products to the chemical test
• San Francisco Chronicle, 11/28/2012: Chemicals in furniture hard to avoid”
• Environmental Health News, 11/28/2012: Toxic couches? Flame retardants on the rise in furniture study finds”
• SF Chronicle, 11/28/2012: PBDEs linked to delays in development
• Monterey County Weekly, 11/21/2012: Study finds high formaldehyde levels in Monterey County child care facilities
• UC Berkeley News Center, 11/15/2012: Flame retardants linked to neurodevelopmental delays in children
• KQED State of Health, 11/15/2012: Flame retardants linked to children’s health issues
• The Atlantic Wire, 11/15/2012: Chemicals in your couch could stunt kid’s IQ
• The Mercury News, 10/24/2012: California day care centers exceed standards for formaldehyde study reveals
• San Francisco Chronicle, 10/4/2012: Growing worry over a common chemical
• CBS News, 10/4/2012: Mom’s BPA levels linked to son’s thyroid problems
• ABC Video, 10/4/2012: Cal Study links BPA to thyroid hormone changes
• SF Chronicle, 10/3/2012: BPA Affects pregnant women study shows
• Reuters, 11/11/2011: Fire retardants may not harm newborns’ thyroids
• Discover Magazine, 10/20/2011: Do flame retardants dampen human health?
• NPR/KQED Radio, 8/31/2011: Berkeley study examines PBDE’s effect on fetuses
• Discovery News, 8/31/2011: Pesticide concerns may actually harm us
• Health Day News, 8/30/2011: Flame retardants tied to lower birth weights
• Chemical and Engineering News, 8/18/2011: Furniture linked to PBDE levels in pregnant women
• San Francisco Chronicle, 8/10/2011: Banned chemical levels high in pregnant women
• Monterey County Weekly, 6/30/2011: Because the children of migrant workers matter
• California Health Report, 6/1/2011: With help from Planned Parenthood, pregnant fieldworkers try to protect themselves from pesticides
• Bay Citizen, 6/1/2011: Protecting pregnant fieldworkers from pesticides
• Farmworker Justice, 6/1/2011: Prenatal exposure to pesticides tied to lower IQ in school age children
• USA Today, 4/21/2011: Pesticide exposure in womb linked to low IQ
• Wired Science, 4/21/2011: Pesticide use tied to lower IQ in children
• WebMD, 4/21/2011: Pesticide exposure in womb linked to lower IQ
• US News and World Report, 4/21/2011: Pesticide exposure linked to lower IQ in kids
• Time, 4/21/2011: Exposure to pesticides in pregnancy can lower children’s IQ
• San Francisco Chronicle, 4/21/2011: Flame retardants major kid’s health issue
• NRDC Switchboard, 4/21/2011: Three new government funded studies link pre-natal pesticide exposure and later learning disabilities (only segment available)
• NPR, 4/21/2011: Mother’s pesticide exposure linked to kid’s IQ
• New York Times, 4/21/2011: Pesticide exposure in womb affects IQ
• Monterey County Herald, 4/21/2011: Studies link pesticides lower intelligence in kids
• Los Angeles Times, 4/21/2011: Pregnant women exposed to pesticides have children with slightly lower IQ studies show
• Fox News, 4/21/2011: Prenatal Pesticide Exposure Linked With Lower IQ
• CTV News, 4/21/2011: Prenatal pesticide exposure linked to lower IQ in kids
• CNN Health, 4/21/2011: Pesticide exposure in womb may hurt you child’s IQ
• Californian, 4/21/2011: Study links pesticides lower IQs
• Reuters, 4/20/2011: Prenatal pesticide exposure linked with lower IQ
• Health Day News, 4/20/2011: Mexican-American children have high levels of flame-retardants in blood
• La Opinion, 4/16/2011: Ninos en California altamente contaminados
• NewsWise, 4/13/2011: Study documents PBDE flame retardant levels in children

2008 - 2010

• The Global and Mail, 8/26/2010: Key to diabetes-infection link may have been found
• Tehran Times, 8/21/2010: ADHD risk may be tied to pesticide exposure before birth
• Sify News, 8/20/2010: Prenatal exposure to pesticides linked to attention problems later in life
• The Nation, 8/20/2010: UC Study links ADHD pesticides
• Science Blog, 8/19/2010: Prenatal Exposure To Pesticides Linked To Attention Problems
• Mercury News, 7/20/2010: New survey says California’s child care centers not notifying parents of pesticide use
• NIEHS News Environmental Factor, 7/1/2010: Fire retardant chemicals linked to lower TSH in pregnancy
• Daily Californian, 6/25/2010: Fire retardants may impact fetal health
• US News and World Report, 6/21/2010: Flame retardant may up the risk of thyroid problems in pregnancy
• UC Newsroom, 6/21/2010: Flame retardant linked to thyroid hormone levels
• LA Times, 6/21/2010: Flame Retardants alter thyroid hormone in pregnant women 
• Environmental Health Perspectives, 5/1/2010: Does Maternal PBDE Exposure Extend Time to Pregnancy?
• The Californian, 2/16/2010: Study: Salinas valley house dust carries pesticides
• Economist, 1/28/2010: Flame Wars: Fire retardants may affect female reproduction
• LA Times, 1/27/2010: Flame-retardant chemicals linked to lower fertility
• San Francisco Chronicle, 1/27/2010: Study: PBDE levels affect women's fertility
• Environmental Health News, 1/26/2010: Scientists link flame retardants and reduced human fertility
• UC Berkeley News, 2/23/2009: Babies born in pollen seasons have greater odds of developing asthma symptoms

2005 - 2007

• EH Perspectives, 1/1/2007: Prevention Pays for Farmworkers
• NIEHS News, 1/1/2007: Prevention pays for farmworkers
• San Francisco Chronicle, 3/3/2006: Pesticide threat to babies linked to enzyme levels
• UC Berkeley News, 7/27/2005:  Survey finds Latina women and children in agricultural area living in poor housing”
• Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, 3/20/2005: Bridges Newsletter Eskenazi Eskenazi Working with stakeholders adds challenges
• Article for Youth Participatory Action Hub , n.d.: Latino Youth Investigating Environmental Chemical Exposures in the Salinas Valley

2002 - 2004

• Coast Weekly Monterey County, 7/17/2003:  Poisoned Harvest
• Los Angeles Times, 3/26/2002:  Effects of Pollutants on Children Studied”
• Monterey Herald, 3/25/2002:  Scientists Look at Effect of Pollutants on Kids’ Health

2000 - 2001

• The Berkeley Daily Planet, 9/28/2001: Hundreds gather to honor UC’s community partners
• Berkeleyan, 9/27/2001: Study examines environmental health impacts on Salinas Valley women and children 
• Berkeleyan, 9/27/2001: Town-gown partnerships
• The Daily Californian, 9/27/2001: Programs Receive Praise for Work To Improve Communal Well-Being
• UC Berkeley School of Public Health Highlights, 9/22/2001:  Honors and Awards
• Cal Neighbors, 9/22/2001:  UC Berkeley Helps Guide New Parents
• Berkeley Health Magazine, 9/22/2001: Transforming our chemical legacy
• Radio Bilingue, 6/12/2001: "La Placita" talk show on environment and children’s health. Selene Jaramillo and Dr. Asa Bradman participated as panelists.
• Hispanic Radio Network national Spanish language radio program, 3/6/2001: Mundo Latino California’s poor show on environmental and children’s health. Selene Jaramillo participated as a panelist. California’s poor show on environmental and children’s health. Selene Jaramillo participated as a panelist.
• Hispanic Radio Network, 3/6/2001: "Mundo Latino" show on environmental and children’s health. Selene Jaramillo participated as a panelist.
• Local cable public access TV program, 2/2/2001: Selene Jaramillo appeared as a guest speaker for recorded interview program on CHAMACOS, environment and children's health. Program aired for several months.
• TV Channel 46 news interview (English),  4/3/2000: Interview
• TV Channel 8 news interview (English),  3/28/2000: Interview
• Monterey County Weekly, 12/28/2000: Scientists study the health risks of poverty
• El Sol, 9/21/2000: CHAMACOS, es un estudio sobre el medio ambiente
• Berkeleyan, 8/23/2000: Field Studies: Effort addresses health effects of pesticides and allergens on rural mothers and babies
• TV Channel 67 news interview (Spanish), 5/1/2000: Interview
• Monterey County Herald, 4/7/2000: Local allergists track pollen count
• El Sol, 4/6/2000: Salinas “Tiene alergias?” (Do you have allergies?)
• The Californian, Salinas, 4/5/2000: Station to offer local pollen count
• The Californian, Salinas, 4/4/2000: Monitor to provide allergy answers
• El Sol, 3/30/2000: CHAMACOS le ayudara a proteger la salud de su bebe (CHAMACOS helps to protect the health of your baby)
• San Jose Mercury News, 3/28/2000: Farmworker health probe

1998 - 1999 

• TV Channel 67 news interview (Spanish),  9/27/1999: Interview
• TV Channel 67 news interview (Spanish),  9/20/1999: Interview
• KHDC Radio (Spanish)- CRLA program, 9/30/1999: Legal Assistance
• El Sol, 9/21/1999: CHAMACOS, es un estudio sobre el medio ambiente
• KHDC radio (Spanish), 9/17/1999: La voz de la Salud (The Voice of Health) (The Voice of Health)
• California Agriculture, 9/1/1999: UC Berkeley launches landmark study
• The Californian, 6/21/1999: Studying Our Environment
• Center for Occupational and Environmental Health  Bridges Newsletter, 3/19/1999: Non-persistent pesticides found in US mother’ breast milk
• San Jose Mercury News, 8/12/1998:  UC to Study Pesticides