Under pria, money set aside from pesticide registration fees supports Worker Protection activities. For more than ten years, the pria set asides have funded important programs at epa including pesticide Safety Training for farm workers and pesticide handlers, the development of worker and employer training materials and implementation of standards and the pesticide applicator rule. Also education and training for medical providers to diagnose and treat pesticide poisonings and support for state Public Health agencies to maintain pesticide injury surveillance programs. Farm workers and especially those who mix and apply pesticides face substantial risk of becoming poisoned by pesticides because they work with them at their greatest concentrations and strengths. Farm workers and families come into contact with pesticides on a daily basis. Pesticide residues that remain on their work clothes and skin when they return home from work can also expose members of their families and cause injur
Under pria, money set aside from pesticide registration fees supports Worker Protection activities. For more than ten years, the pria set asides have funded important programs at epa including pesticide Safety Training for farm workers and pesticide handlers, the development of worker and employer training materials and implementation of standards and the pesticide applicator rule. Also education and training for medical providers to diagnose and treat pesticide poisonings and support for state Public Health agencies to maintain pesticide injury surveillance programs. Farm workers and especially those who mix and apply pesticides face substantial risk of becoming poisoned by pesticides because they work with them at their greatest concentrations and strengths. Farm workers and families come into contact with pesticides on a daily basis. Pesticide residues that remain on their work clothes and skin when they return home from work can also expose members of their families and cause injur
The meeting comes to order. First of all, we want to thank all of you for being here today and thank my friend Ranking Member cardon and his staff for the flexibility with the scheduling todays hearing. Its kind of interesting because ben cardon and i were are maybe three of the last remaining of the class of what was that . Yeah, 1987 chlt after the issue was behind us. This is beginning to be different. Were always together in friendship and in infrastructure. As this weeks infrastructure week, its good to highlight the critical needs we have in the country. Tomorrow the full committee will have the chance to question secretary chao and the administrations priorities and its my hope this hearing will be a productive lead into her visit. They led the pass to pass the fast act, the six reauthorization bill that i personally worked on. This is the largest one since 1998. Nobody believed that we would get it done and others thought we would get an 18month bill. But senator box eastern i