Obama-Era Rules Protecting Against Pesticide Exposure Restored

The Environmental Protection Agency said the rules help to prevent exposure among farm workers and their families, as well as neighboring communities.

Farm workers spray chemicals at the edge of a field bordering homes near the town of Lamont, southeast of Bakersfield, Calif., on Aug. 12, 2004. David McNew/Getty Images

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has restored Obama-era measures aimed at protecting people from pesticide exposure on and around farms, it has announced.

The measures, published in a final rule on Oct. 2, restore the pesticide Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) requirements established under the 2015 Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS).