Urge your Senator to stop EPA from letting kids handle pesticides

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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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Urge your Senators to take EPA to task
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Dear PAOV,

While Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt makes headlines for lavish travel expenses, behind the scenes he’s quietly directing the agency to roll back health protections for teenage farmworkers. This is unacceptable.

A congressional letter is circulating telling Mr. Pruitt not to put the health of young farmworkers at risk. Ask your Senators to sign on!

Apparently Administrator Pruitt thinks it’s OK for teenagers under the age of 18 to handle pesticides — but the science shows he’s dead wrong. That’s exactly why the old Worker Protection Standard (WPS) was finally updated in 2015, after years of advocacy by PAN and our partners.

The new rules are designed to protect young farmworkers from exposure to chemicals that are known to harm growing minds and bodies. Now Pruitt is putting these rules on hold — ignoring both scientific evidence and the normal policy process.

Tell your Senators to sign on to the “Dear Colleague” letter initiated by Senators Udall, Harris and Blumenthal telling Administrator Pruitt this is not acceptable.

As the letter notes, the lives of children and families across the country are at stake, and Pruitt’s EPA is once again putting the interests of a handful of corporations above the public good.

Thank you for adding your voice!


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