HI HR201

Request the Department of Agriculture and Department of Health to jointly conduct a study of short-term and long-term effects of chlorpyrifos on farmworkers, with special focus on pregnant or possibly pregnant farmworkers.

Study must examine consultant information, raw data, availability of medical services, records of pregnant farmworkers' exposure levels, and recommendations for additional state agency participation.

Report findings must include the EPA's 2016 risk assessment conclusion that chlorpyrifos has no safe uses, including unsafe pesticide drift levels 300 feet from treated fields and unsafe exposure continuing for 18 days after application.

Departments must submit a joint study report with findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation no later than twenty days before the 2019 Regular Session.

Certified copies of the resolution shall be transmitted to the Governor, Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture, and Director of Health.