The attorneys general (AG) from three states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to enforce a requirement meant in part to protect farmworkers from pesticides.
The AGs from Maryland, California and New York sued the Trump administration on Wednesday for indefinitely suspending an key requirement in the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS), which requires employers to give training to workers meant to protect them from pesticide poisoning.
The rule was updated under former President Obama in 2015 because the administration concluded that enhanced safety training for farmworkers and pesticide handlers would help reduce the amount and severity of pesticide exposure on the job. The Trump administration opted to suspend the rule last December.
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