OCCC Are Small Family Owned Farms Subject to The Jurisdiction of EPA Questions

1.What are one of the problems with spill bad stuff on the ground?

2.Are small family owned farms subject to the jurisdiction of the EPA

3.When you’re finished with an ag chemical, what do you do with it?

4.PowerPoint slide #10 shows us something probably anyone who’s been on a farm has seen. Is this a problem and why?

5.What is a hazardous waste exactly?

6.Almost everything the average worker needs to know about a chemical is contained in what?

7.My grandpa used to take used oil and spread it on the dirt roads back on the ranch. Would grandpa still be able to do that today, (legally), why?

8.How many provisions are there for worker safety does the Workers Protection Standard, (WPS) contain?

9.What kind of things that are used on the farm would fall under “hazardous waste or materials”?

10.What is the ESA, what is it responsible for?

11.Why on slide #38, did I put “Obsolete”?

12.What type of ag industry has possibly the hardest time with what federal program?

13.Explain what seems to be the opposite of common sense about toxicity and the amounts that are dangerous?

14.How important is the decontamination process to getting a dangerous chemical off a worker?

15.Explain why shoes and clothing are important when a worker is handling hazardous chemicals?

16.What is the REI and what does it tell a worker?

17.What is the rule for using two different chemicals that have differing REIs?

18.What are the symptoms of pesticide exposure?

19.What are the things you should do if you suspect you have been exposed to a chemical?

20.What’s the difference between direct and indirect exposure to a chemical?