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EPA moves to protect farmworkers

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The EPA is updating standards to increase safety and protect the health of America’s estimated two million farmworkers from pesticide poisoning. The new rules mean children under the age of 18 will no longer be allowed to handle pesticides, and workers will get safety trainings every year instead of every five years. […]