Democratic senators introduce bill to ban insecticide linked to brain damage

Farmworkers and children are most at risk.Congressional members and activists call for congressional action on banning pesticides in Washington, D.C. on July 25, 2017. CREDIT: Esther Yu Hsi Lee/ThinkProgress

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three years ago, neurological issues turned family life upside down for Alex B., a 24-year-old Oregonian, when his father, a longtime farmworker who picked broccoli, celery, and...