California's Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved emergency revisions to General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) 3456, providing a general ban on the practice of hand weeding in agriculture.The emergency provisions were effective Oct. 7 and will expire Feb. 5, 2005. A proposal to adopt a permanent standard has been noticed for public comment and will be part of the Cal/OSH Standards Board's Nov. 18, 2004, public hearing in Glendale.Like the emergency regulation, the permane
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