EPA Pesticide Buffer Rule Change Criticized by Health Advocates

摘要

Farmworker and public health advocates are objecting to a Trump administration plan to reduce pesticidespray buffers around farm fields.1.The advocates say the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to change the federal AgriculturalWorker Protection Standard (RIN: 2070-AK49) would allow farmers to spray potentially harmfulchemicals right up to the edge of a field, even if it borders nearby houses or public spaces, AdamAllington and Fatima Hussein write.