Request for comments on need for foreign language label

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Hi all,

As things currently stand, all EPA-approved pesticide labels are in

English only. Since many Spanish-speaking workers now mix, load or

apply pesticides, there is much useful information on the label that

should be accessible to them. Pesticide companies currently make

labels in Spanish -- and other languages - for purposes of selling

their products in Puerto Rico or abroad. We are now advocating that

the EPA establish a system for making foreign language labels

available throughout the US (in addition to Puerto Rico).

Below is a message from Ruth of EPA requesting informal

comments. Please supply any useful information that you can. Thanks,

Dear Colleagues,

I would be interested

in receiving any evidence on the need for, or efficacy of, bilingual

English/Spanish pesticide labeling.

Thanks in advance and best regards,

Ruth H. , PhD, MPH

Pesticide Epidemiology Team Leader, and

OPPTS Principal Collaborator for the

Agricultural Health Study (AHS)

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW 7509P

Washington, DC 20460

703-305-7191 EPA, 703-620-4593 Flexiplace

<allen.ruth@...>

Deputy Director

Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.

1010 Vermont Avenue N.W.

Suite 915

Washington, DC 20005

202-783-2628 Voice

202-783-2561 Fax

www.fwjustice.org

sdavis@...

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