On Monday, the federal government announced stricter standards designed to protect farm workers and their families from harmful exposure to pesticides. The new rule adopted by the Environmental ...

Everyone who handles pesticides needs to learn about the product stewardship best practices for handling, storing and transporting them. To learn more, take this 20-minute, self-directed training ...

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2014-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for its proposed changes to the agricultural Worker Protection Standard, which dictates ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2015 – The EPA announced Monday it will prohibit children from handling pesticides and require farm workers to complete pesticide safety training more frequently, bolstering ...

In the developing world, the inappropriate use of toxic chemical pesticides frequently leads to human, animal, and environmental health issues. When travel restrictions imposed by the rise of COVID-19 ...

The Ashanti Regional Officer of the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD) has called on agricultural ...

Advocates for farm workers are praising new tougher federal rules to protect workers from being poisoned by pesticides. It’s the first time the... Oct 02, 2015 — Advocates for farm workers are ...

The Worker Protection Standard is for Agricultural Workers* & Handlers** of Agricultural Use Pesticides. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) through the Code of Federal ...

Since 1999, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has recognized Virginia Cooperative Extension agents and specialists for their outstanding participation in the plastic ...

The assessment and reduction of non-dietary (dermal and respiratory) exposure of humans who come into contact with agricultural pesticides such as handlers/operators, workers, residents, and ...