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Author Archives: Valentina Stackl, Health & Safety Programs Program Manager, AFOP
Stress Can Be a Killer
Stress has been linked to a variety of physical and mental ailments, such as headaches, depression, cancer, insomnia, skin disease, cardiovascular disease, an under active immune system, and can exacerbate other pre-existing conditions like HIV/AIDS. Many diseases linked to stress … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged cancer, depression, Farmworker, HIV/AIDS, National Farmworker Awareness Week, stress, substance abuse, suicide, Valentina Stackl
Strawberry Fields Forever
The dangerous pesticide methyl iodide is finally being pulled from all U.S. markets. Arysta Life Science Inc., the Tokyo-based company that produces the pesticide, confirmed in a news release on Tuesday that it was suspending the sale of all formulations of … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged California Strawberry Commission, Farmworker, methyl iodide, pesticides
National Children’s Dental Health Month
The American Dental Association (ADA) sponsors the National Children’s Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of children’s oral health each February. Farmworkers’ poor oral health is a silent epidemic in the United States; many thousands suffer from … Continue reading
Methyl Iodide on the Chopping Block?
While all pesticides are designed to harm living things, there are some that are considered more dangerous than others. One of those pesticides is the controversial chemical methyl iodide, which has been used in strawberry fields in California since 2010. Many environmental groups and health professionals warned state regulators about the dangers of methyl iodide before it was approved at the end of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s term; they were ignored. The state’s own scientific advisors, as well as an independent panel of scientists, warned that the chemical can cause cancer, among other dangerous health effects. Now these groups, and others such as EarthJustice, are asking Alameda County Superior Court to put an end to its use. Continue reading
The Fields Claim First Life in 2012
“Every day in America, 12 people go to work and never come home. Every year in America, 3.3 million people suffer a workplace injury from which they may never recover. These are preventable tragedies that disable our workers, devastate our … Continue reading
Confronting Hardship: Farmworker Women in Florida
Last year, for the first time, AFOP’s Health & Safety Programs published The Fields, an in depth annual publication on farmworker health issues. This year’s edition will focus on farmworker women’s health. We chose to write about farmworker women because … Continue reading
Danger in the Fields: Children Exposed to Hazards
There are many dangers for children working in agricultural fields. AFOP estimates there are as many as 500,000 children working in agriculture, risking their health and often times their future. Children of migrant and seasonal farmworkers, relentlessly toiling in large … Continue reading
Posted in Children in the Fields Campaign, Health & Safety Programs
Tagged agriculture injuries, Child Labor, environmental health, Farmworker, living wage, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, National Safety Council, pesticides, poverty, tobacco, U.S. Department of Labor, Valentina Stackl
More Than Meets the Eye
Farmworkers are vulnerable to obesity for many reasons that can’t simply be fixed by education about healthy foods and exercise. While those are indeed crucial pieces in the complex puzzle of fighting obesity, farmworkers specifically face significant factors that influence … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged environmental health, Farmworker, food justice, obesity, poverty, Valentina Stackl
Training in Action
Yesterday, AFOP’s Washington, D.C. staff had the opportunity to travel to Delaware’s Eastern Shore to see one of our SAFE AmeriCorps trainers in action. The farmworkers got really into it when Dina, our excellent SAFE AmeriCorps member, started enthusiastically handing … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged AmeriCorps, EPA, Farmworker, Heat Stress, OSHA, pesticides, Project LEAF, Proyecto Sol, Valentina Stackl, Worker Protection Standard
Danger POISON-Bilingual Labeling on Pesticides
More than one billion pounds of pesticides are used annually in the United States, three-quarters of which are used in agriculture. Because these chemicals are used in nearly all fields where crops are harvested, it places farmworkers at the greatest … Continue reading
