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Greater Risks, Fewer Rights: U.S Farmworkers and Pesticides
Pesticide Action Network, United Farmworkers of America, and California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation analyzed California government data on agricultural poisonings and enforcement of worker safety standards. Nearly 500 pesticide poisonings were reported for California farmworkers every year. The actual number of pesticide-related illnesses is unknown, since many poisonings go unreported.
MCN WEBINAR: Pesticide Poisonings. Are you prepared? (June 2014)
DATE RECORDED: Wednesday, June 17, 2014
PRESENTED BY: Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH, Dean Emanuel Endowed Chair/Director National Farm Medicine Center
Migrant Worker Health Project – CANADA
This web site houses a collection of information, contacts and resources to assist health practitioners in providing care to migrant farm workers. Although the primary intended audience is health care providers in Ontario, much of the information may be useful to other parties.
National Assessment of the Pesticide Worker Safety Program
View reports from this EPA program that brought together a wide variety of program stakeholders who participated in a an assessment of the Worker Protection Standard and workgroups focusing on general training issues, a national pesticide safety train-the-trainer pilot, and a hazard communication pilot and issues with the pesticide applicator cetification regulation and training program.
National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)
1-800-858-7378 or npic@ace.orst.edu
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides - promotes healthy solutions to pest problems and publishes the Journal on Pesticide Reform.
Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents
Haz-Map® is an occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the adverse effects of workplace exposures to chemical and biological agents. The main links in Haz-Map are between chemicals and occupational diseases. These links have been established using current scientific evidence.
Pediatric Environmental Health Tool Kit
The Toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health.
Pesticide Education Center
Pesticide Education Center - Organization dedicated to educating workers and the general public about the health effects of pesticide exposure
