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Worker Protection Standard Update [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Integrated Crop Management Conference, 1993
The Worker Protection Standard is a Federal regulation designed to protect agricultural workers (people involved in the production of agricultural plants) and pesticide handlers (people involved in mixing, loading or applying pesticides or doing other ...
W. Wintersteen, J. Hornstein
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Learning and Recall of Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Training in Vineyard Workers

Journal of Agromedicine, 2009
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) training is one of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) primary methods for preventing pesticide exposure in agricultural workers. Retention of the knowledge from the training may occasionally be tested by state Occupational Safety and Health Administrations (state OSHAs) during a site visit, but anecdotal ...
Diane S Rohlman, W Kent Anger
exaly   +4 more sources

Comparative Effectiveness of Training Alternatives for the EPA's Worker Protection Standard Regulation Among Immigrant Latino Farmworkers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2021
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Improvements in pesticide-related knowledge after Worker Protection Standard (WPS) training under the revised standard, was comparable regardless of training type.
Joseph G. Grzywacz   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Worker/Public Protection: The Double Standard

Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 1981
Abstract This article is the first in a series which will explore the differences in protection from hazards provided to workers and the general public. In this article, the authors explore the extent of this differential exposure to the hazards of technology, its institutionalization in government standards in the United States and abroad, its health ...
Patrick Derr   +3 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Review of standards of protection for pregnant workers and their offspring

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2007
The recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection and the IAEA Basic Safety Standards (BSS) make clear that the embryo and fetus should be regarded as a member of the public when considering the protection of female workers who are or may be pregnant. The BSS note that the embryo and fetus should be 'afforded the same broad
Stabin, M.   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Responding to the Double Standard of Worker/Public Protection

Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 1983
Patrick Derr   +3 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Health Care Worker Protection in Mass Casualty Respiratory Failure: Infection Control, Decontamination, and Personal Protective Equipment

Respiratory care, 2008
Maintenance of a safe and stable health care infrastructure is critical to an effective mass casualty disaster response. Both secondary contamination during chemical disasters and hospital-associated infections during epidemic illness can pose ...
E. L. Daugherty
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Protection of Migrant Workers and International Labour Standards*

International Migration, 1988
International labor standards take the form of Conventions and Recommendations that embody the agreements reached by a 2/3 majority of the representatives of Governments Employers and Workers of International Labour Office (ILO) member states. Originally designed to guard against the danger that 1 country or other would keep down wages and working ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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