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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, November 25, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency has restored 2015 regulations requiring a buffer zone where people cannot be present during pesticide applications.
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to reinstate protections for farmworkers exposed to pesticides, officially dumping a 2020 Trump administration rule that went into effect briefly before the Biden administration took office.
The Environmental Protection Agency has narrowed a rule to protect individuals from pesticide spraying by establishing one 25-foot “Application Exclusion Zone” for all ground spray applications and limiting AEZ’s to the boundaries of the agricultural establishment.
