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altibaby

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on: Jul 22, 2018
Explain the importance of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA).
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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How does the Endangered Species Act affect horticulture production?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

It helps assure worker safely by making it a law that all employers keep track of and report work-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses. It also requires investigation of employee

complaints related to pesticide use, accidental poisoning, or re-entry into a pesticide-treated

area before it is permissible to do so.

Answer to Question 2

It regulates the maximum environmental concentration of pesticides that might affect endangered species. The agency can restrict the use of pesticides that could jeopardize endangered species. If the horticultural crops are growing in a designated endangered species area, this might affect production practices and economics.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 22, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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