Standards Board Approves Emergency Regulations on Hand Weeding, – TB Respiratory Protection

SACRAMENTO -- Unless the Office of Adminstrative Law objects, California farmworkers soon will have a long-sought ban on hand weeding of crops, and health care organizations will have what they say are greatly needed exceptions to respiratory protection regulations. The Cal/OSH Standards Board approved the two emergency regulations at its Sept. 23 meeting here. The board was expected to send the packages to OAL Sept. 27. The re