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Some pesticide handlers concerned about lack of respirators

07/01/20 6:30 AM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS Agricultural Retailers Association Allison Crittenden American Farm Bureau Federation California Department of Food and Agriculture Environmental Protection Agency Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association Jean Payne Jon DeVaney Julie Sorensen Kaci Buhl Leo Reed National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety Office of the Indiana State Chemist Oregon State Richard Gupton Steve Ammerman Steve Lyle Washington State Tree Fruit Association Western Growers Association
The lack of respirators, needed to apply certain pesticides, is cause for concern in farm country, but how much of a concern depends on whom you ask and where they’re located.
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