Click to View | Download Report 5-19-17 Potato Disease Forecasting Report We will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. The first late blight fungicide application is recommended once 18 DSVs accumulate from green row. Green row typically occurs around the first week in May […]
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Revised WPS: Applicability of New Respiratory Protection Requirements
The Revised WPS requires that when a pesticide label requires a handler to wear a respirator, the handler’s employer must provide them with a medical evaluation, fit test, and respirator training. Under WPS, it doesn’t matter if the person is a private applicator, commercial applicator, or neither. If the person is handling (mixing, loading, applying […] Read More »
Continue reading...May 18, 2017 Pat Hastings
Revised WPS: Applicability of New Respiratory Protection Requirements
The Revised WPS requires that when a pesticide label requires a handler to wear a respirator, the handler’s employer must provide them with a medical evaluation, fit test, and respirator training. Under WPS, it doesn’t matter if the person is a private applicator, commercial applicator, or neither. If the person is handling (mixing, loading, applying […] Read More »
Continue reading...May 18, 2017 Pat Hastings
Revised WPS: Applicability of New Respiratory Protection Requirements
The Revised WPS requires that when a pesticide label requires a handler to wear a respirator, the handler’s employer must provide them with a medical evaluation, fit test, and respirator training. Under WPS, it doesn’t matter if the person is a private applicator, commercial applicator, or neither. If the person is handling (mixing, loading, applying […] Read More »
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Just posted to Rutgers “Quick-Connect”: 1st WPS Handler Video approved with 2018 Content
See “Quick-Connect”: EPA-approved Handler/Worker Training of EPA Approved Training Resources webpage for this newly-added WPS resource: Video (English) – Agricultural Worker and Handler Pesticide Safety Training (MP4). Iowa State University. May 11, 2017. It is approved by EPA for training of both handlers and workers under the revised Worker Protection Standard (WPS). It is compliant […] Read More »
Continue reading...May 18, 2017 Pat Hastings
Just posted to Rutgers “Quick-Connect”: 1st WPS Handler Video approved with 2018 Content
See “Quick-Connect”: EPA-approved Handler/Worker Training of EPA Approved Training Resources webpage for this newly-added WPS resource: Video (English) – Agricultural Worker and Handler Pesticide Safety Training (MP4). Iowa State University. May 11, 2017. It is approved by EPA for training of both handlers and workers under the revised Worker Protection Standard (WPS). It is compliant […] Read More »
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