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June, 2014 CHEM
EPA EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD FOR PROPOSED NEW SAFETY MEASURES TO PROTECT FARM WORKERS FROM PESTICIDE EXPOSURE
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for the proposed revisions to the agricultural Worker Protection Standard for an additional 60 days, until August 18, 2014, in response to requests from growers, industry, farmworker advocates and states for additional time to provide input. “The opportunity to revise the rule may not come again for some time, so we are committed to getting it right,” said Jim Jones, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. “Updating the 20-year old regulation to provide more protections to the nation’s two million farm workers and their families from pesticide exposure is a priority for EPA.” The proposed changes provide significant improvements to worker training regarding the safe use of pesticides, including how to prevent and effectively treat pesticide exposure. Increased training from every five years to every year and signage would help farmworkers protect themselves and their families from pesticide exposure. Workers and others near treated fields would be 1 EPA EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD FOR PROPOSED NEW SAFETY MEASURES TO PROTECT FARM WORKERS FROM PESTICIDE EXPOSURE 2 EPA EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD ON PROPOSED DECISION TO REGISTER ENLIST DUO HERBICIDE CONTAINING THE CHOLINE SALT OF 2,4-D AND GLYPHOSATE 3 PENN STATE RESEARCHERS SEEK EPA APPROVAL FOR BEDBUG PESTICIDE 4 US GROUPS PETITION COURT ON EPA DRIFT DECISION 4 SURVEY REPORTS FEWER WINTER HONEY BEE LOSSES 6 GREENS CHALLENGE US EPA'S CYANTRANILIPROLE REGISTRATION 6 EPA AND RECKITT BENCKISER INC. REACH AGREEMENT TO CANCEL CERTAIN RODENTICIDE PRODUCTS 7 SCIENTIST WARNS OF ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH LAWN CARE PESTICIDE RUNOFF 8 US COUNTY VOTERS APPROVE GMO PLANTING BAN
9 CEU Meetings
10 Online CEU Links
10 ODAFF Test Session Information
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| Full text | 1 June, 2014 CHEM EPA EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD FOR PROPOSED NEW SAFETY MEASURES TO PROTECT FARM WORKERS FROM PESTICIDE EXPOSURE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for the proposed revisions to the agricultural Worker Protection Standard for an additional 60 days, until August 18, 2014, in response to requests from growers, industry, farmworker advocates and states for additional time to provide input. “The opportunity to revise the rule may not come again for some time, so we are committed to getting it right,” said Jim Jones, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. “Updating the 20-year old regulation to provide more protections to the nation’s two million farm workers and their families from pesticide exposure is a priority for EPA.” The proposed changes provide significant improvements to worker training regarding the safe use of pesticides, including how to prevent and effectively treat pesticide exposure. Increased training from every five years to every year and signage would help farmworkers protect themselves and their families from pesticide exposure. Workers and others near treated fields would be 1 EPA EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD FOR PROPOSED NEW SAFETY MEASURES TO PROTECT FARM WORKERS FROM PESTICIDE EXPOSURE 2 EPA EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD ON PROPOSED DECISION TO REGISTER ENLIST DUO HERBICIDE CONTAINING THE CHOLINE SALT OF 2,4-D AND GLYPHOSATE 3 PENN STATE RESEARCHERS SEEK EPA APPROVAL FOR BEDBUG PESTICIDE 4 US GROUPS PETITION COURT ON EPA DRIFT DECISION 4 SURVEY REPORTS FEWER WINTER HONEY BEE LOSSES 6 GREENS CHALLENGE US EPA'S CYANTRANILIPROLE REGISTRATION 6 EPA AND RECKITT BENCKISER INC. REACH AGREEMENT TO CANCEL CERTAIN RODENTICIDE PRODUCTS 7 SCIENTIST WARNS OF ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH LAWN CARE PESTICIDE RUNOFF 8 US COUNTY VOTERS APPROVE GMO PLANTING BAN 9 CEU Meetings 10 Online CEU Links 10 ODAFF Test Session Information |
| Date created | 2014-06-24 |
| Date modified | 2014-06-24 |
