STATE REGULATORS MAY RESTRICT CALIFORNIA FARMERS FROM USING A COMMON PESTICIDE. CHLORPYRIFOS IS USED TO TREAT SOME OF THE STATE’S MOST ABUNDANT CROPS, INCLUDING GRAPES AND ALMONDS. CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS ARE PROPOSING RESTRICTIONS SINCE THE CHEMICAL HAS SICKENED DOZENS OF FARMWORKERS AND TRACES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN WATERWAYS. THE PUBLIC HAS 45 DAYS FROM TODAY TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS. THE CONTROLS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN 2015.