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Month: January 2017

Changes to Worker Protection Standard

(Megan Kennelly)

There are some new changes to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). If you attended the Core Hour or other pesticide license trainings in the last year or so you should have learned about some of these changes already.

If you did not receive the information yet, here are some resources you can check out.

 

Site with links to comparison charts and summaries:

http://www.pesticideresources.org/wps/inventory.html

Quick summary from University of Kentucky:

Revisions to Worker Protection Standards (WPS) Become Effective in 2017

Got questions? You can also contact Frannie Miller, the coordinator of the K-State IPM Program and Pesticide Safety Education. Frannie’s contact info is in the left-hand column on the IPM Page.