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The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) identifies the type of requirements that must be satisfied to obtain the proper license needed to purchase and apply restricted use pesticide. [2] The process required to obtain a pest control licenses is regulated by a combination of state laws, federal laws, common law, and private company policies.
The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is a United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) federal regulation (40 CFR Part 170), intended to protect employees on farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses that are occupationally exposed to agricultural pesticides. [1] Restricted use pesticides control is managed by the EPA under this regulation.
Air quality information must be provided by pest control supervisors under license requirements established by the Worker Protection Standard when Restricted use pesticide is applied. [76] The list of restricted use pesticides is maintained by the US EPA. [89]
Jan. 5—Several options available for farmers to choose from By Liz Stahl Extension Educator in Crops with University of Minnesota Extension If you plan to use a Restricted Use Pesticide on land ...
The Pesticide Recordkeeping Program (PRP), authorized by the 1990 farm bill (P.L. 101–624, Sec. 1491), requires that private pesticide applicators keep records of the pesticides they use in agricultural production and that the records be surveyed to provide a database on restricted-use pesticides.
Weed killer at center of liability debate is produced, widely used in Iowa. The pesticide at issue is Roundup, a weed killer commonly used on crops in Iowa and elsewhere, and also produced in ...
It is currently classified as a restricted use pesticide in the United States: its use is mapped by the US Geological Survey, whose data show consistent use from 1992, with a small recent decline in the ten years to 2017, the latest date for which figures are available.
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