Liza Gross

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Liza Gross is an independent journalist who writes frequently about the intersection between science and society, specializing in environmental and public health. She's a regular contributor to KQED and a Senior editor at PLOS Biology. Her work has appeared in Discover, the New York Times, Washington Post, National Geographic's News Watch and many other outlets.

Reporting for FERN

Advocates fear canceling Farm Labor Survey is first step in gutting guest farmworker protections

Liza Gross, October 12, 2020

Nitrate-tainted drinking water plagues California farmworker towns, study shows

Liza Gross, October 7, 2020

Sweeping U.S. pesticide reform bill introduced, banning some chemical agents

Liza Gross, August 4, 2020

As Covid-19 cases spike, an unprecedented alliance emerges to protect California farmworkers

Liza Gross, July 7, 2020

Univision

Farmworkers win rate hike from Driscoll’s supplier after walkout, petition

Liza Gross, June 23, 2020

Farmworkers at Driscoll’s supplier demand fair pay, safe conditions amid pandemic

Liza Gross, May 28, 2020

Coronavirus forces California farmworkers to scramble for safe drinking water

Liza Gross, April 22, 2020

Despite threat of fines, jail time, price gouging still rampant in California farmworker communities

Liza Gross, April 9, 2020

The coronavirus has laid bare restaurant workers’ ‘tip to mouth’ existence

Liza Gross, April 2, 2020

Mother Jones

Migrant farmworkers feed America, and they’re at high risk for a coronavirus outbreak

Liza Gross and Esther Honig, March 26, 2020

HuffPost

Scientists say lax regulation of chemicals in food packaging endangers human health

Liza Gross, March 2, 2020

Today’s special: Grilled salmon laced with plastic

Liza Gross, September 12, 2019

Mother Jones

Dicamba revisited: Will corn be the next herbicide debacle?

Liza Gross, April 30, 2019

What pesticide monitoring misses

Liza Gross, March 20, 2019

New Food Economy

Arkansas approves expanded dicamba use, dismissing scientific and public concerns

Liza Gross, February 21, 2019

Bees face yet another lethal threat in dicamba, a drift-prone weedkiller

Liza Gross, January 23, 2019

Reveal

Opposition mounts as Arkansas moves to roll back dicamba ban

Liza Gross, December 9, 2018

Scientists warned this weedkiller would destroy crops. EPA approved it anyway.

Liza Gross, November 13, 2018

Reveal

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