EWG submits comments to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation urging the agency to create one, unifying regulation, based on the risk assessment performed by the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment that protects all people, farmworkers, residents, and children from the carcinogenic effects of 1,3-dichloropropene.
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