{"id":11217,"date":"2013-07-16T00:02:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T04:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=11217"},"modified":"2013-07-16T09:23:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T13:23:13","slug":"farmworkers-arrive-in-d-c-to-push-for-long-overdue-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2013\/07\/farmworkers-arrive-in-d-c-to-push-for-long-overdue-protections\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmworkers Push for Long Overdue Protections"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, July 16, 2013) Farmworkers from across the nation are meeting with their members of Congress today to call for stronger protections for farmworkers from hazardous pesticides. These simple, straightforward and commonsense protections have not been updated for more than 20 years. In February 2013, Beyond Pesticides joined with a coalition<\/a> of environmental and farmworker organizations to submit a letter<\/a> to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the agency implement these long overdue revisions to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act <\/i>(FIFRA). An estimated 5.1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied to crops annually in the United States, and farmworkers face the greatest threat from these chemicals than any other sector of society, with thousands of farmworkers each year experiencing pesticide poisoning.<\/p>\n

\"farmworkers_1227834a\"<\/a>The nation\u2019s 1-2 million farmworkers form the backbone of the U.S. agricultural economy \u00a0and many are regularly exposed to pesticides. \u00a0An average of 57.6 out of every 100,000 agricultural workers experience acute pesticide poisoning, illness or injury each year, the same order of magnitude as the annual incidence rate of breast cancer in the United States. The federal government estimates that there are 10,000-20,000 acute pesticide poisonings among workers in the agricultural industry annually, a figure that likely understates the actual number of acute poisonings since many affected farmworkers may not seek care from a physician. As a result of cumulative long-term exposures, they and their children<\/a>, who often times also work on the farm or live nearby, are at risk of developing serious chronic health problems such as cancer, neurological impairments and Parkinson\u2019s disease. Children, according to a recent American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)<\/a> report, face even greater health risks compared to adults when exposed to pesticides.<\/p>\n

Underscoring the urgent need for these reforms, Farmworker Justice<\/a> released a new report yesterday, entitled Exposed and Ignored, How Pesticides are Endangering Our Nation\u2019s Farmworkers<\/a>. \u00a0 \u00a0In testimony on Capitol Hill, Occupational and Environmental Health Director of Farmworker Justice Virginia Ruiz painted a grim picture of the conditions farmworkers and their families face. She stated, \u201cThe close proximity of agricultural fields to residential areas and schools makes it nearly impossible for farmworkers and their families to escape exposure because pesticides are in the air they breathe and the food they eat, and the soil where they work and play.\u201d She noted the heartbreaking point that, in order to minimize exposure, farmworkers are told not to hug their children when they come home from work \u2014 they must first remove their clothes, and take a shower.<\/p>\n

Most workers in the U.S. look to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for standards to protect them from exposure to hazardous chemicals. However, farmworkers are not eligible for protection under these rules. Protection for farmworkers from pesticides is left to the EPA\u2019s authority under the WPS, a standard that is far more lenient than OSHA rules and is fundamentally inadequate.<\/p>\n

The farmworkers and advocates are calling for these following changes to the Worker Protection Standard:<\/p>\n

\u201d\u00a2 Provide more frequent and more comprehensible pesticide safety training for farmworkers<\/p>\n

\u201d\u00a2 Include information about farmworker families\u2019 exposures to pesticides in the required training materials<\/p>\n

\u201d\u00a2 Ensure that workers receive information about specific pesticides used in their work<\/p>\n

\u201d\u00a2 Require safety precautions and protective equipment limiting farmworkers\u2019 contact with pesticides<\/p>\n

\u201d\u00a2 Require medical monitoring of workers who handle neurotoxic pesticides<\/p>\n

Despite the straightforward and commonsense nature of these new protections, environmental and farmworker groups have grown increasingly concerned over the possible changes to WPS. After a 2010 EPA document proposed WPS that would determine ways to increase training, improve safety requirements, provide clear emergency information, and create strong protection for applicators, the agency abruptly changed course. A handout distributed at the 2012 Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee meeting downplayed the details within those goals, bringing into question the agency\u2019s previous commitments. Advocacy groups are disturbed by EPA\u2019s mercurial attitude towards farmworker protection, and fearful that there will be further delays in releasing WPS. The farmworkers meeting on Capitol Hill this week hope to spur lawmakers to call on EPA to implement these long-overdue standards, and provide funding for much needed national farmworker studies in order to accurately account for the hazardous effects of pesticides on farmworker health.<\/p>\n

In testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday, Ed Zuroweste, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the Migrant Clinicians Network<\/a>, summarized the importance of this issue, stating, \u201cPrevention is key. In a perfect world the elimination of dangerous pesticides would guarantee that workers would not get poisoned. Until we reach that \u201d\u02dcperfect world\u2019 we should strive to substitute and use less toxic chemicals. We shouldn\u2019t lose track that this should always be our ultimate goal. But since we are still far away from this perfect world, we need to emphasize other ways to keep the worker safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the absence of widespread adoption of organic practices, worker protections for farmworkers must be strengthened. Consumers can do their part and help encourage the protection of the people who help put food on our table every day by purchasing organic. By buying organic, you support an agricultural system that does not heavily rely on the widespread application of dangerous pesticides. Beyond Pesticides recently updated the Eating with a Conscience<\/a><\/i> database to reflect the risk conventional produce poses to farmworker health. For more information on how organic is the right choice for both consumers and the farmworkers that grow our food, see Beyond Pesticides webpage, Health Benefits of Organic Agriculture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: EarthJustice Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, July 16, 2013) Farmworkers from across the nation are meeting with their members of Congress today to call for stronger protections for farmworkers from hazardous pesticides. These simple, straightforward and commonsense protections have not been updated for more than 20 years. In February 2013, Beyond Pesticides joined with a coalition of environmental and farmworker organizations to submit a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the agency implement these long overdue revisions to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). An estimated 5.1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied to crops annually in the United States, and farmworkers face the greatest threat from these chemicals than any other sector of society, with thousands of farmworkers each year experiencing pesticide poisoning. The nation\u2019s 1-2 million farmworkers form the backbone of the U.S. agricultural economy \u00a0and many are regularly exposed to pesticides. \u00a0An average of 57.6 out of every 100,000 agricultural workers experience acute pesticide poisoning, illness or injury each year, the same order of magnitude as the annual incidence rate of breast cancer in the United States. 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