From ???@??? Mon May 05 09:55:47 1997 Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 10:22:25 -0700 To: wps-forum@are.berkeley.edu From: Howard Rosenberg Subject: the revised Cal pesticide safety regulations Content-Length: 1263 Lines: 25 California pesticide safety regulations, as revised in accord with federal WPS requirements and officially adopted early this year, are now on-line in the website of UC Ag Personnel Management Program. They are part of a booklet prepared by Steve Sutter that includes (1) these regulations ("Subchapter 3 - Pesticide Worker Safety," California Code of Regulations), (2) definitions of selected terms in the regs, and (3) a directory of County Ag Commissioners. The on-line version can be found at http://are.Berkeley.EDU/APMP/choice.html (first item on the list). It is lengthy but has a clickable table of contents to facilitate navigation. The printed version, for folks without web access or who might want that form for other reasons, is available from Steve for $4. --Howard -------------------------------------------------------------------- Howard Rosenberg Cooperative Ext Specialist, Ag Personnel Mgt 320 Giannini Hall Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics Berkeley, CA 94720 University of California, Berkeley 510/642-7103 http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is no job simple enough that it can't be done wrong." From ???@??? Mon May 05 10:56:00 1997 Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 10:25:59 -0700 (PDT) To: wps-forum@are.berkeley.edu From: Stephen R Sutter Subject: EPA's national dialogue on WPS - a digest Content-Length: 2645 Lines: 52 The USEPA recently published "A National Dialogue on the Worker Protection Standard - Part 1: Transcripts of the Public Meetings." The 368-page volume shares 1996 testimony and letters from farmworkers, farmers, and others in eight states. Request a copy on (703) 305-7666. ** At Clinica Migrant Health Center, Pasco, WA, USEPA officials heard that "lack of adequate housing contributes to health related problems. Some farmworkers sleep in treated fields. Eye related pesticide problems are seen most frequently. Many growers bring workers to the clinic. Some growers contribute financially to the clinic." ** Sam Thornton of the Washington State Potato Commission described "posting at a central location" as the most cumbersome WPS requirement, and added that OSHA hazard communication and (EPA?) community-right-to-know requirements were more effective in informing employees of exposure risks. ** Jonathan Bishop, a Connecticut grower, whose business has produced fruit and vegetable crops for 125 years (without a single incidence of illness due to exposure to pesticides) wrote that the central posting information requirement "consumes a huge amount of time, not to mention paper." He urged USEPA to set goals, "then allow employers to work with local and state agencies to develop strategies which make sense for the agricultural conditions in their area." ** In Salinas, California, Joe Karl, Santa Barbara deputy ag commissioner, suggested that "retrival of records reflecting pest control activities on a particular plot of ground on a particular day should be handled by, or at least assisted by someone who is familiar with the filing system. "The records must be complete and reliable. If access to the pesticide use records is uncontrolled, their accuracy becomes uncertain. Use information may be inadvertently misfiled, or the copy of a desired record may be removed by an interested party." Joe also suggested that USEPA modify the 1/4 mile notification requirement by allowing growers to adopt a strict policy of prohibiting entry into any field, either the employer's or another's, other than where the employee is specifically assigned to work. ** In Fresno, California, Mary Bautista, who for 2 years provided pesticide safety training to farmworkers for the AmeriCorps program said, in part, "I have spoken with farmworkers who have had bad experiences with pesticides but have never made a report because of the fear of being fired or because of the language barrier." Steve Sutter, UC Area Personnel Management Farm Advisor 1720 S. Maple Ave., Fresno, CA 93702 (209) 456-7560, FAX (209) 456-7575 From ???@??? Mon May 12 11:44:42 1997 Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 11:08:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen R Sutter To: wps-forum@are.berkeley.edu Subject: localized request Content-Length: 373 Lines: 8 -- A farm labor contractor in the Sacramento Valley has about 800 workers ready for WPS fieldworker training. Are there any Americorps volunteers conducting training north of Sacramento (Tehama Co.)? Thanks! Steve Sutter, UC Area Personnel Management Farm Advisor 1720 S. Maple Ave., Fresno, CA 93702 (209) 456-7560, FAX (209) 456-7575 http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/ From ???@??? Mon May 12 11:24:44 1997 Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 11:08:23 -0700 (PDT) To: wps-forum@are.berkeley.edu From: Stephen R Sutter Subject: localized request Content-Length: 374 Lines: 9 -- A farm labor contractor in the Sacramento Valley has about 800 workers ready for WPS fieldworker training. Are there any Americorps volunteers conducting training north of Sacramento (Tehama Co.)? Thanks! Steve Sutter, UC Area Personnel Management Farm Advisor 1720 S. Maple Ave., Fresno, CA 93702 (209) 456-7560, FAX (209) 456-7575 http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/ From ???@??? Wed May 14 09:43:20 1997 From: BBfan2@aol.com Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 23:17:23 -0400 (EDT) To: wps-forum@are.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: localized request Content-Length: 428 Lines: 13 Steve, For your and anyone else interested, there is an AmeriCorps Program in Northern CA providing WPS trainings free of charge. My name is Paul Castro, and I coordinate the program in counties north of and including San Joaquin, you may contact me at; California Human Development Corporation 2895 Teepee Dr. Stockton, CA 95205 800-500-3053 fax 209-943-5763 If you have any questions or can be of assistance call or write. From ???@??? Wed May 14 09:43:27 1997 From: "Steven E. Newman" To: wps-forum@are.berkeley.edu Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 08:24:09 +0000 Subject: Vaporized Sulfur for greenhouse disease control Content-Length: 431 Lines: 12 What does anyone know of the WPS status of using vaporized sulfur in a greenhouse for disease control. This is an age-old process that is very effective, but to date I know of no regulations. However, I am sure that something is there. Steven E. Newman, Ph.D. Extension Greenhouse Crops Specialist Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173 Tel: (970) 491-7118 Fax: (970) 491-7745 e-mail: newman@lamar.colostate.edu From ???@??? Wed May 14 09:43:27 1997 Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 09:27:32 -0400 From: Robert Roach Subject: National Dialogue To: "'WPS-Forum'" Content-Length: 894 Lines: 22 Steve, As I was sitting in the Salinas California meeting in 1996, I wondered what would ever come of it. Please tell me something, Steve, since I probably won't be reading this publication. Does this document discuss the information taken down in the nation-wide public hearings? Does it come to any conclusions about the WPS after its implementation? Does it suggest any improvements or changes? Or is it just a transcript of what was said? "Part 1" implies a part 2. What is this second volume? Perhaps it will be the discussion part. Bob Roach Salinas, California ----- Steve Sutter wrote: > The USEPA recently published "A National Dialogue on the Worker >Protection Standard - Part 1: Transcripts of the Public Meetings." The 368->page volume shares 1996 testimony and letters from farmworkers, farmers, >and others in eight states. Request a copy on (703) 305-7666. From ???@??? Wed May 14 10:27:50 1997 From: Rudolph.Kay@epamail.epa.gov To: wps-forum@are.berkeley.edu Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 09:52:54 -0700 Subject: Re: National Dialogue Content-Length: 1762 Lines: 52 Kay Rudolph answering: You are correct: the National Dialogue report comes in two parts. Part 1, now out, is the transcript of the public meetings. Part 2, out within the next few months, will be an analysis of the feedback received on implementation of the WPS, and a discussion of the next steps. (Embedded image moved wps-forum @ are.Berkeley.EDU to file: 05/14/97 06:30 AM PIC21725.PCX) To: wps-forum @ are.berkeley.edu cc: (bcc: Kay Rudolph) Subject: National Dialogue Steve, As I was sitting in the Salinas California meeting in 1996, I wondered what would ever come of it. Please tell me something, Steve, since I probably won't be reading this publication. Does this document discuss the information taken down in the nation-wide public hearings? Does it come to any conclusions about the WPS after its implementation? Does it suggest any improvements or changes? Or is it just a transcript of what was said? "Part 1" implies a part 2. What is this second volume? Perhaps it will be the discussion part. Bob Roach Salinas, California ----- Steve Sutter wrote: > The USEPA recently published "A National Dialogue on the Worker >Protection Standard - Part 1: Transcripts of the Public Meetings." The 368->page volume shares 1996 testimony and letters from farmworkers, farmers, >and others in eight states. Request a copy on (703) 305-7666. Attachment converted: howpow:PIC21725.PCX (????/----) (000187EC) From ???@??? Wed May 14 10:51:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from slist@localhost) by are.berkeley.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA24801; Wed, 14 May 1997 10:42:49 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 10:42:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-mailer: Eudora Pro 2.1.4 Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 10:35:59 -0700 To: wps-forum@are.berkeley.edu From: Howard Rosenberg Subject: Re: National Dialogue Resent-Message-ID: <"meELbC.A.f9F.oefez"@are.Berkeley.EDU> Resent-From: wps-forum@are.Berkeley.EDU X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/55 X-Loop: wps-forum@are.Berkeley.EDU Precedence: list Resent-Sender: wps-forum-request@are.Berkeley.EDU X-UIDL: ba42a64f4f78a55513d57d1fb854c7dc Content-Length: 1437 Lines: 36 >Does this document . . . come to >any conclusions about the WPS after its implementation? Does it suggest >any improvements or changes? Or is it just a transcript of what was said? > . . . What is this second volume -- the discussion part? Bob, No, No, Yes, and Yes. Part 1 contains data, and Part 2 is to have the discussion. >From page 3 of the report: "This document is the first of two reports on the National Dialogue outreach effort, and is intended to present a strictly factual account of the meetings. An analysis of the feedback received on implementation of the WPS and a discussion of next steps will be the focus of a subsequent report." After reading Steve's post, I called the number he gave and had a nice talk with Delta Figueroa, Environmental Protection Specialist in the EPA Office of Pesticides and Toxics Substances. Ms. Figueroa has sent me the printed Part 1, and she said that she would try to get us a computer file of the text for the WPS-Forum archive. --Howard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Howard Rosenberg Cooperative Ext Specialist, Ag Personnel Mgt 320 Giannini Hall Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics Berkeley, CA 94720 University of California, Berkeley 510/642-7103 http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From ???@??? Tue May 27 09:20:10 1997 Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 08:39:49 -0700 To: WPS-FORUM@are.berkeley.edu From: ramsay@MAIL.WSU.EDU (Carol A. Ramsay) Subject: The Journal of Pesticide Reform Content-Length: 930 Lines: 38 Please reply to Dave Wood: davewood@smartt.com >Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:01:13 -0700 >From: Dave Wood >Reply-To: davewood@smartt.com >X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: Ramsay@mail.wsu.edu >Subject: The Journal of Pesticide Reform >X-UIDL: 577fbd7d80277f1a9bd07115cf19b765 > >I am searching for an article entitled "Chemical Sensitivity and the >Scientific Method" by John A. Green III. M.D. published in the Summer >1987 issue of The Journal of Pesticide Reform. > >Do you have a contact source to reach this journal's publisher or anyone >else who may have access to a copy? > >Thank you for your assistance. > >Dave Wood > > -- Carol A. Ramsay Pesticide Education Coordinator WSU Cooperative Extension P.O. Box 646328 Pullman, WA 99164-6382 phone: 509-335-9222 fax:335-1009 ramsay@wsu.edu Take a look at the Washington State Pesticide Page http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~ramsay From ???@??? Wed May 28 17:59:29 1997 From: michelle.worosz@ssc.msu.edu Date: Wed, 28 May 97 20:38:41 EDT To: wps-forum@are.berkeley.edu Subject: re: The Journal of Pesticide Reform Content-Length: 1382 Lines: 61 dave, the "journal of pesticide reform" is put out by the northwest collation for alternative to pesticides, p.o. box 1393, eugene, or 97440-1393 (phone: 541/344-5044). michelle dept of sociology * 316 berkey hall * michigan state univ. * east lansing, mi 48824 tel: 517-355-5048 * fax: 517-432-2856 ramsay@MAIL.WSU.EDU (Carol A. Ramsay) Wrote: | | Please reply to Dave Wood: davewood@smartt.com | | | >Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:01:13 -0700 | >From: Dave Wood | >Reply-To: davewood@smartt.com | >X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) | >MIME-Version: 1.0 | >To: Ramsay@mail.wsu.edu | >Subject: The Journal of Pesticide Reform | >X-UIDL: 577fbd7d80277f1a9bd07115cf19b765 | > | >I am searching for an article entitled "Chemical | Sensitivity and the | >Scientific Method" by John A. Green III. M.D. published | in the Summer | >1987 issue of The Journal of Pesticide Reform. | > | >Do you have a contact source to reach this journal's | publisher or anyone | >else who may have access to a copy? | > | >Thank you for your assistance. | > | >Dave Wood | > | > | | -- | Carol A. Ramsay | Pesticide Education Coordinator | WSU Cooperative Extension | P.O. Box 646328 | Pullman, WA 99164-6382 | phone: 509-335-9222 | fax:335-1009 | ramsay@wsu.edu | | Take a look at the Washington State Pesticide Page | http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~ramsay | | |