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Ag officials will revamp migrant worker policy

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The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry has agreed to help migrant workers with limited English language skills understand rights and protections.

The deal is part of a larger agreement reached in December with the Environmental Protection Agency that arose after some workers said they could not communicate about repeated exposure to pesticides.

The EPA investigated after receiving a complaint from the group Southern Migrant Legal Services.

EPA's Office of Civil Rights then launched a broader examination of the state agency's policy on communication with migrant workers.