The Environmental Protection Agency has implemented stronger
protections for the nation’s two million agricultural workers and their
families working on farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses. These revisions
to the 1992 Agricultural Worker Protection Standard will afford farmworkers
similar health protections that are already afforded to workers in other
industries.
A summary of the changes is available here:
The revised worker protection standard is available here.
These revisions will be discussed during our FICMNEW meeting
on 30-Nov, 2:30-4PM ET.
Call in: Call toll free 855-547-8255, code 69990008#,
or 703-648‐4848 code 69990008#, if you are at a DOI facility or
there's a busy signal.
WebEx (new link): https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/j.php?MTID=m4f493c82d1efd114e4826291a1890f3d
