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This is Your Brain on Pesticides
Last year, several studies linked pesticide exposure in pregnant women to lower IQs in their children, which we wrote about in our blog post, “Farmworkers Suffer a Disproportionate Burden.” A new study published this May went a step further: researchers … Continue reading
SAFE AmeriCorps Impact Farmworker Communities
After only four months of service AFOP’s 18 SAFE AmeriCorps members have already made a major impact on farmworker communities. So far, SAFE AmeriCorps members have reached almost 18,000 agricultural employees through a variety of services. Farmworkers have participated in … Continue reading
Roots of Change
National Farmworker Awareness Week is a time to increase awareness on both the difficult conditions farmworkers live and work under, and of what is being done by advocates to help improve their lives. This year’s National Farmworker Awareness Week was … Continue reading
National Farmworker Awareness Week Begins
Today is the beginning of National Farmworker Awareness Week. This is a very special week for those of us dedicated to supporting and advocating for the estimated 2.5 million farmworkers in our country working to harvest the foods we enjoy … Continue reading
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
I am an AmeriCorps Member, and I Will get Things Done!
AmeriCorps members are hard at work once again, providing health and safety training to farmworkers in states throughout the country. So far this year, our 18 SAFE AmeriCorps members have trained 330 farmworkers on Worker Protection Standard (WPS) and 439 … 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
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
Día de los Muertos
November 2 marks the Mexican holiday known as Día de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” when families traditionally gather to honor those who have gone before. On November 1, members of the North Carolina Farmworker Advocacy Network (FAN) … Continue reading
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