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Farm Workers & The Environment

The use of pesticides has been a long-time health risk for farm workers, who are twice as likely to die from pesticide poisoning than workers in other occupations. Crop … See more

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Health & Safety

WEBBackground Heat Stress Green Tobacco Sickness Toxic Pesticides Health Care An Issue of Justice Learn More Background Farm work is hard work. Farm workers perform …

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Protecting the Health of Farm Workers from Pesticide Exposure

WEBAbout Pesticide Exposure: Pesticide exposure is a severe problem that affects the health of farm workers and their communities. Farm workers in the fields are …

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Issues Affecting Farm Workers

WEBFarm workers are among the poorest workers in the U.S. Hazardous conditions are routine and include pesticide exposure, heat stress, lack of shade, and adequate clean drinking …

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Farm Worker Health Concerns

WEBCalifornia Research Bureau. 1998.) Farm workers suffer higher incidences of heat stress, dermatitis, influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and pesticide-related …

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Farmworker Association of Florida

WEBThe Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF) does community organizing, education, and advocacy to build power among farm worker and rural low-income communities to …

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Session 4: Pesticides

WEBThe use of pesticides has been a long-time health risk for farm workers. Farm workers are twice as likely to die from pesticide poisoning than workers in other occupations 2. Farm …

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Lake Apopka Toxic Tour

WEBThe Lake Apopka Toxic Tour started off in the FWAF office where our host and FWAF Pesticide Coordinator, Jeannie Economos, talked about the lake’s history …

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U.S. Labor Law for Farm Workers

WEBLabor rights we take for granted are guaranteed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), but farm workers were excluded from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) from 1938 to …

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Farm Worker Conditions in California

WEBAccording to the most recent NAWS report for California, about 75% of all individual farm workers and 52% of all farm worker families made less than $15,000 a …

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Hazardous and Unsanitary Working Conditions

WEBSacramento Bee. May 20, 2001.) Our nation’s 2.5 million farm workers face a greater risk of pesticide exposure than any other segment of the population. Pesticide …

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Children in the Fields

WEBExclusion from Child Labor Laws. For one thing, children in agriculture are the least protected by law compared to other sectors. Since 1938, federal labor laws have …

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Women in Agriculture

WEBSexual Harassment. One of the biggest issues that women farm workers face is sexual harassment. In a Human Rights Watch report nearly all of the participating farmworkers …

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Issues Affecting Farm Workers

WEBIssues Affecting Farm Workers To feed the country, an estimated two and a half million farm workers labor in fields and on ranches across the United States.

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Lake Apopka Toxic Tours

WEBOn January 18, 2008 Rollins College students, Deltona’s United Church of Christ members and Stetson University students got together in the Apopka office of the Farm Worker …

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H E A LT H & S A F E T Y FA R M W O R K E R I S S U E S

WEBAn Issue of Justice Farm workers work hard in the fields to support themselves and their families as well as to put food on our plates and support our billion-dollar agricultural …

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Intro to Issues Affecting Farm Workers Webinar

WEBFarm workers are among the poorest workers in the U.S. Hazardous conditions are routine and include pesticide exposure, heat stress, lack of shade, and …

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Harvest of Justice 2022: Child Labor In Agriculture

WEBJustice for Migrant Women reports that there are between 300,000 and 500,000 child farm workers in the U.S., but the specific number is unknown. What we do know is that these …

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