Local parents delivered our petition to Senator Henry Stern and the CA Department of Toxic Substances. Although the petition is open until December 7, 2017, parents wanted the Senator and CA Agency to take their concerns seriously. “The DTSC is a state agency” Dr. Hara said. “It is to supposed to work for the public safety. What I’m asking is the DTSC to do its job...Documented chemicals that have seeped into water and fruit trees affected the health of parents of the children who now have cancer," said Dr. Jimmy Hara, who serves on the board of directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles-Los Angeles, the group that organized Thursday’s petition deliveries.