A week after 50 farmworkers were sickened by pesticides, the EPA punts on protecting them.

Grist
By Nathanael JohnsonMay 17, 2017, 3:40 pm141 pts
In 2015, the EPA released an update to the “worker protection standard” that shields farmworkers from insecticide poisoning — the first update in a quarter century. Now it’ll be pushed back at least another year. The new regulations would ban kids under 18 from mixing and spraying chemicals, mandate…

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