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Worker Protection Standard: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 2016

EDIS, 2016
In 1992, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a comprehensive regulation called the Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides (WPS).
Frederick M. Fishel
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Worker Protection Standard: Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) [PDF]

EDIS, 2016
The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is a Federal regulation designed to protect agricultural workers (people involved in the production of agricultural plants) and pesticide handlers (people mixing, loading, or applying pesticides or doing other tasks ...
Frederick M. Fishel, Tatiana Sanchez
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Worker Protection Standard: Information at a Central Location

EDIS, 2016
The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is a Federal regulation designed to protect agricultural workers (people involved in the production of agricultural plants) and pesticide handlers (people mixing, loading, or applying pesticides or doing other tasks ...
Frederick M. Fishel, Tatiana Sanchez
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Worker Protection Standard: Determining Your WPS Responsibilities

EDIS, 2017
The WPS requires agricultural employers to take steps to reduce pesticide-related risks when agricultural workers and pesticide handlers are exposed to these pesticides. The EPA has made several changes to the WPS since it was fully implemented in 1995.
Frederick M. Fishel
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The active ingredients of a mitotoxic fungicide negatively affect pollen consumption and worker survival in laboratory-reared honey bees (Apis mellifera).

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
Recent observations of many sublethal effects of pesticides on pollinators have raised questions about whether standard short-term laboratory tests of pesticide effects on survival are sufficient for pollinator protection. The fungicide Pristine® and its
A. Fisher, Teddy Cogley, Cahit Ozturk, G. DeGrandi-Hoffman, Brian H. Smith, O. Kaftanoğlu, J. Fewell, J. Harrison   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Worker Protection Standard Update [PDF]

, 1994
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 ...
Wintersteen, W., Wintersteen, Wendy, Hornstein, J.   +2 more
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The Problem of New Non-Standard Employment Forms: Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities

Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental, 2023
Purpose: This paper analyses challenges and opportunities posed by new non-standard forms of employment.   Method: Such employment forms have emerged in response to changes in the labor market and the need for greater flexibility in the workforce ...
E. Kolomoets, Islom Kuziev, Isama Hasoon, Saleh Sreseh, Abbas Hameed Abdul Hussein   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Non-Standard Employment and Unemployment during the COVID-19 Crisis: Economic and Health Findings from a Six-Country Survey Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
The COVID-19 crisis is a global event that has created and amplified social inequalities, including an already existing and steadily increasing problem of employment and income insecurity and erosion of workplace rights, affecting workers globally.
V. Gunn, A. Vives, A. Zaupa, J. Hernando-Rodriguez, M. Julià, S. Kvart, W. Lewchuk, E. Padrosa, Mattias Vos, Emily Q. Ahonen, S. Baron, K. Bosmans, L. Davis, Ignacio Díaz, N. Matilla-Santander, C. Muntaner, P. O'Campo, Per-Olof Östergren, C. Vanroelen, Emilia F. Vignola, T. Bodin   +20 more
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[PI263] Worker Protection Standard: Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ)

, 2016
This document highlights one of the major changes to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) since it became a federal regulation in 1992 and became fully implemented in 1995.
F. Fishel, Tatiana Sanchez
semanticscholar   +1 more source

[PI149] Worker Protection Standard: Information at a Central Location

, 2016
The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is a Federal regulation designed to protect agricultural workers (people involved in the production of agricultural plants) and pesticide handlers (people mixing, loading, or applying pesticides or doing other tasks ...
F. Fishel, Tatiana Sanchez
semanticscholar   +1 more source