Source: Rachel Frazin, THE HILL, 12/18/20


Five states this week sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over a rule that narrows the areas where farmers are required to limit human presence during the application of pesticides. The states argue that the rule will harm their agricultural workers.  The agency's rule, finalized in October, makes it so that requirements that govern areas near pesticide applications can only be enforced on a farmer’s property and not in surrounding “off-farm” areas. 

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