# Mishandled Data Means No One Knows if California’s New Pesticide Regulation Protects Workers

Source: [Inside Climate News](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13112026/mishandled-data-california-pesticide-regulation/) · 2026-11-13 · Earth & Climate
Page: https://themorning.science/story/mishandled-data-means-no-one-knows-if-california-s-new-pesticide-regulation-prot-54272a5d103eb4e3
Kind: policy · Impact: medium

## In brief

- State agencies discarded air-monitoring results after seeing "abnormal patterns".
- The discarded data leaves scant information on farmworker exposure to two cancer-causing fumigants.
- Because of the gap, it is unclear whether California's new pesticide regulation protects workers.

## Why it matters

Without reliable exposure measurements, regulators and researchers cannot confirm whether a new rule actually reduces health risks from cancer-causing fumigants for farmworkers.

## Coverage

- [Mishandled Data Means No One Knows if California’s New Pesticide Regulation Protects Workers](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13112026/mishandled-data-california-pesticide-regulation/) — Inside Climate News, 2026-11-13

Tags: pesticides, farmworkers, air-quality, environmental-health, california, regulation

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