Jacob Sandoval speaks about a state pesticide proposal at a news conference in Watsonville in November. (Ruby Lee Schembari — Santa Cruz Local file)
Hearings on proposed pesticide rules
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation will present details of a pesticide proposal and accept public comments at two more hearings this month.
- 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 at the National Steinbeck Center, 1 Main St., Salinas.
- 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 at the Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. 3rd St., Chico.
- Comments also will be accepted until Jan. 24 in an online form or by email at [email protected].
WATSONVILLE >> Based on research from the California Environmental Protection Agency, state regulators have proposed a lower daily exposure limit of the likely cancer-causing pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene for farmworkers. The proposal wouldn’t change that threshold for schoolchildren and residents near pesticide applications, who can legally be exposed to 14 times that limit…