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Farmers, Workers Clash at Florida Hearing on EPA Safety Rules.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2001

By Beth Kassab, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 1--As farm workers told of friends and children who were sick from pesticide exposure and of safety rules that weren't enforced, farmers shot back on Tuesday with complaints of too many rules and workers who failed to ensure their own safety.

In a rare and sometimes contentious gathering of workers and owners, both sides were trying to influence federal regulators who are considering changes to rules that protect migrant farm hands from on-the-job hazards. The Environmental Protection Agency decided to evaluate the rules.

Workers such as Francisco Garza of Homestead sat in the back of the banquet room at the Lake Buena Vista Hilton Hotel, huddled around an...

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