Environmental and farmworker groups are warning the Environmental Protection Agency they will sue if they agency does not follow through with plans to propose an update to its 20-year-old worker protection standards (WPS), arguing that the revised rule is needed because the agency's pesticide registration process does not adequately account for risks to workers and applicators. Led by Earthjustice and Farmworker Justice, a coalition of environmentalists and other groups filed a Nov. 10 petition calling on the agency to issue its long-awaited proposed rule to address risks to farmworkers and ot
December 29, 2025