Pesticides: Improvements Needed to Ensure the Safety of Farmworkers and Their Children
Author: Barchok, Chuck; Manthe, Patricia J.; Frankel, Richard A.
Date Published: 2000
This report discusses issues related to the safety of children who may be exposed to pesticides in agricultural settings. It addresses a series of questions pertaining to this overall topic and consolidates these questions into three overall issues: (1) What federal requirements govern the safe use of pesticides, particularly as they relate to protecting children in agricultural settings? (2) What information is available on the acute and chronic effects of agricultural pesticide exposure, particularly on children? (3) What has EPA done to ensure that its Worker Protection Standard considers the needs of children and is being adequately implemented and enforced?
Date Published: 2000
This report discusses issues related to the safety of children who may be exposed to pesticides in agricultural settings. It addresses a series of questions pertaining to this overall topic and consolidates these questions into three overall issues: (1) What federal requirements govern the safe use of pesticides, particularly as they relate to protecting children in agricultural settings? (2) What information is available on the acute and chronic effects of agricultural pesticide exposure, particularly on children? (3) What has EPA done to ensure that its Worker Protection Standard considers the needs of children and is being adequately implemented and enforced?
