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Protecting Agricultural Workers

EPA has implemented Worker Protection Standards to prevent and mitigate the exposure of agricultural workers to pesticides. The standards provide for the notification of pesticide applications, restricted entry intervals for treated fields and pesticide safety training for field workers and pesticide handlers. Additionally, the standards outline the use of appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment, decontamination sites, and emergency transportation. The standards apply to pesticides used in farming, forestry, nursery or greenhouse operations where employees may be exposed.

Worker Protection and other pesticide information in Spanish is available from EPA headquarters website.

Complete Worker Protection Standard regulatory requirements can be obtained by contacting EPA Office of Pesticide Programs Health and Safety. Additional information on compliance can be found through EPA's Worker Protection Standard Compliance Monitoring program.

Human Exposure

If someone has swallowed or inhaled a pesticide or gotten it in the eye or on the skin:

For further information or assistance, Contact Region 8 Worker Protection Standards Program Managers
FAX: 303-312-6044

Barbara Barron:
Phone: 303-312-6617
E-mail: Barbara Barron

Jaslyn Dobrahner
Phone: 303-312-6252
E-mail: Jaslyn Dobrahner

Kristen Keteles
Pesticide Toxicologist 
Phone:  303-312-6039
E-mail: Kristen Keteles

In Montana:
Contact:
Phone: 406-457-5000
FAX: 406-457-5055

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