Advocates: Risk To Workers Found In EPA Pesticide Review Bolsters Push For Stronger Protections

Advocates say the Environmental Protection Agency's finding of risks to workers in a recent draft human health risk assessment of the commonly used pesticide chlorpyrifos bolsters their push for the agency to strengthen proposed revisions to its worker protection standards (WPS), due out this year, though advocates argue banning the pesticide is the surest way to reduce risks.