Barbara Boxer: “Essentially, what we are telling parents now is that if the schools their kids go to are going to be sprayed with…”

“Essentially, what we are telling parents now is that if the schools their kids go to are going to be sprayed with dangerous pesticides that are known carcinogens, that could cause nerve damage, they will be notified 48 hours in advance of the spraying that will be taking place. In addition, what we do is we instruct the Environmental Protection Agency to take the booklet they have already produced on how to get away from using these very strong and toxic pesticides and send it to every school district in America. I am very pleased this is being done. I have a larger bill, the Children's Environmental Protection Act, on which I invite everyone to join me. Children are not little adults. I am a little adult, but children are growing and changing. Their bodies are changing, their hormones are changing, and they are absolutely more adversely impacted by these toxins.”