by Marianne Martinez | Mar 26, 2018 | Advocacy, Blog
Agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the United States with a fatal injury rate about 7 times higher than that of the general working population.1 Migrant workers, particularly farmworkers, are at a disproportionately higher risk of injury and...
by Marianne Martinez | Feb 21, 2018 | Blog
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by Marianne Martinez | Feb 20, 2018 | Advocacy, Blog
Pesticides used in agriculture contain chemicals that are harmful to people of every age, but kids are particularly vulnerable to the dangerous effects of pesticides for several reasons: Kids’ bodies are still developing: the organs that break down and eliminate...
by Marianne Martinez | Jan 17, 2018 | Blog
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by Marianne Martinez | Jan 17, 2018 | Blog
In December, the Environmental Protection Agency announced some potential changes in 2018 to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), a set of policies aimed at preventing harmful chemical exposure for farmworkers and pesticide handlers. The WPS, which was updated in...
