{"id":25850,"date":"2019-10-29T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T04:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=25850"},"modified":"2019-10-28T19:20:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T23:20:37","slug":"epa-moves-to-weaken-pesticide-exclusion-zones-intended-to-protect-farmworkers-and-their-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2019\/10\/epa-moves-to-weaken-pesticide-exclusion-zones-intended-to-protect-farmworkers-and-their-families\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA Moves to Weaken Pesticide Exclusion Zones Intended to Protect Farmworkers and Their Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-24741\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/farmworkers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"210\" \/>(<em>Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, October 29, 2019) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing changes to the way farmworkers and bystanders are protected from toxic pesticide applications, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-proposes-rule-update-pesticide-application-exclusion-zone-requirements\">an announcement published on the agency\u2019s website<\/a> last week. Billed as \u201cimprovements\u201d that will \u201creduce regulatory burdens for farmers,\u201d the actions would instead significantly shrink Application Exclusion Zones (AEZs), buffer areas where individuals are not supposed to enter during a pesticide application.<\/p>\n<p>Health and justice advocates say the move will put farmworkers at risk. \u201cAlthough the proposal is framed as a narrow revision, it would in fact eliminate, reduce or weaken various AEZ provisions,\u201d said Farmworker Justice attorney Iris Figueroa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/morning-agriculture\/2019\/10\/25\/epa-rolls-out-pesticide-zone-rule-781524\">to Politico<\/a>. \u201cThese changes threaten to increase exposure to toxic pesticide drift for farmworkers and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EPA\u2019s proposal, announced in a press release featuring the heads of industry associations like the American Farm Bureau, would do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make AEZs applicable only to a farm owners\u2019 property. Under the current rules, pesticide handlers were required to keep individuals out of an area where pesticides were applied both on and off site.<\/li>\n<li>Exempt on-farm family members from all aspects of the AEZ. EPA says this will allow farmers and their family \u201cto decide whether to stay in their homes or \u2026on their property during certain pesticide applications, rather than compelling them to leave even when they feel safe remaining.\u201d Critics note that feeling safe and being safe are very different, one based on emotions and the other on science.<\/li>\n<li>Clarify that suspended pesticide applications may continue when an individual leaves an AEZ, and revise criteria around determining when a pesticide application is subject to an AEZ. Opposition to the proposal indicates these changes backtrack safety requirements and would shrink the type of pesticide applications covered under this rule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The agrichemical industry has lobbied against the AEZ and other farmworker protections since they were revised during the Obama administration. The Obama-era revision occurred after 25 years of inaction on farmworker rights and was worked out with both industry and farmworker advocates at the table. Early in Trump\u2019s presidency, <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2017\/12\/epa-beginning-backtrack-farmworker-health-protections-toxic-pesticides\/\">then EPA-head Scott Pruitt announced his intent to revisit several provisions<\/a> that were recently put in place. This included the requirement that farmworkers be 18 to apply highly toxic pesticides, a clause which allows farmworkers have a \u201cdesignated representative\u201d obtain information about where and when pesticides were applied, and the AEZ.<\/p>\n<p>As recent as October 2018, and even after <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2018\/03\/twenty-eight-senators-urge-epa-administrator-retain-farmworker-protections\/\">28 Senators wrote EPA to oppose any changes<\/a>, the agency had intended to revise each of these reforms. But it appears that in late 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2019\/01\/epa-drops-plans-to-weaken-farmworker-protections\/\">an agreement was reached<\/a> as part of a deal cut by lawmakers and the administration that permitted confirmation of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ucsusa.org\/gretchen-goldman\/alexandra-dunn-must-prioritize-science-and-public-health\">Alexandra Dunn<\/a> to the EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention in exchange for EPA concessions that would improve pesticide safety measures. Beyond Pesticides wrote, \u201cWhile advocates are generally pleased with the outcome of the apparent deal, the irony that deals needed to be made for an agency with protection in its name to do its job is not lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As noted at the time of the deal, AEZs were not included in this agreement. Last week\u2019s announcement shows EPA delivered for industry interests within the year.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, <strong>the average life expectancy for a farmworker is 49 years, compared to 78 for the general population.<\/strong> This is similar to the life expectancy of individuals living in the 1850s and represents a completely unacceptable data point for any industry today in a developed country. It is critical that government agencies work towards enforcing laws agreed to by consensus between industry and advocates, rather than work with industry in its attempts to renege on these deals.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the plight and daily struggle farmworkers face as they work to put food on the tables of every America, see Beyond Pesticides\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/programs\/agricultural-justice\">Agricultural Justice<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n<p><em>All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-proposes-rule-update-pesticide-application-exclusion-zone-requirements\">EPA Press Release<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/morning-agriculture\/2019\/10\/25\/epa-rolls-out-pesticide-zone-rule-781524\">Politico<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, October 29, 2019) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing changes to the way farmworkers and bystanders are protected from toxic pesticide applications, per an announcement published on the agency\u2019s website last week. Billed as \u201cimprovements\u201d that will \u201creduce regulatory burdens for farmers,\u201d the actions would instead significantly shrink Application Exclusion Zones (AEZs), buffer areas where individuals are not supposed to enter during a pesticide application. Health and justice advocates say the move will put farmworkers at risk. \u201cAlthough the proposal is framed as a narrow revision, it would in fact eliminate, reduce or weaken various AEZ provisions,\u201d said Farmworker Justice attorney Iris Figueroa to Politico. \u201cThese changes threaten to increase exposure to toxic pesticide drift for farmworkers and their families.\u201d EPA\u2019s proposal, announced in a press release featuring the heads of industry associations like the American Farm Bureau, would do the following: Make AEZs applicable only to a farm owners\u2019 property. Under the current rules, pesticide handlers were required to keep individuals out of an area where pesticides were applied both on and off site. Exempt on-farm family members from all aspects of the AEZ. 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