The state pesticide board is offering new proposed rules, but has left out key requirements, says Scrutiny Hooligans in “Let’s take action on pesticides - Raleigh could use the help.”
http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=6452

Farmworkers and their families remain at risk, he says — especially because the rules still don’t require growers to record how long they wait after a field has been sprayed before they send in their workers.

The post provides links to the draft rules as well as suggestions for what to do about the situation.

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Another opinion on N.C.‘s pesticide rules from N.C. Policy Watch

State’s spraying rules need more debugging

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

By Carol Brooke

Published in the News & Observer

The state Department of Agriculture’s case against Ag-Mart Produce, Inc. for pesticide violations has dragged on for three years now and the state is still struggling to make the fines stick. This protracted legal mess has uncovered glaring deficiencies in North Carolina’s pesticide law.
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For the sake of North Carolina’s farm workers and farming communities, the board should use this opportunity to close as many existing loopholes as possible.