[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR170.1]

[Page 310-311]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 170_WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 170.1  Scope and purpose.


    This part contains a standard designed to reduce the risks of 
illness or injury resulting from workers' and

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handlers' occupational exposures to pesticides used in the production of 
agricultural plants on farms or in nurseries, greenhouses, and forests 
and also from the accidental exposure of workers and other persons to 
such pesticides. It requires workplace practices designed to reduce or 
eliminate exposure to pesticides and establishes procedures for 
responding to exposure-related emergencies.