Environmental and Occupational Health

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3.8
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Pesticide Exposure Reporting Form

A useful generic form to document pesticide exposures in farmworkers. For use in states and counties that do not have specific reporting forms.

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Heat Related Illnesses

The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center offers a comprehensive resource section on heat stress and related illnesses.

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5
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Lead Exposure Screening Form for Pregnant Migrant Women

Bilingual form to screen pregnant women for lead exposure.  Developed by MCN.
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5
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Lead Clinical Guidelines for Migrant Pregnant Women

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5
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Lead Guidelines for Primary Care Providers Caring for Migrant Children

Clinicial guidelines dealing with children and lead exposure.  Special emphasis on working with migrant children. 

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5
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Rapid Clinical Assessment Tool for Adolescent Farmworker Injury and Exposure

Use the link below to access MCN's Rapid Assessment Tool to help adolescent farmworkers identify agricultural tasks they perform in agriculture and facilitate clinician understanding about the health risks associated with it.  Youth worker images are adapted and reproduced with permission from the National Children Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety. Images copyrighted through Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin.

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4.2
Average: 4.2 (5 votes)

Occupational Exposure History Tools

The following documents are a collection of the best resources available for taking a good occupational health history.
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Clinician Guides

The following are clinician guides provided by MCN, in collaboration with Farmworker Justice:

A Guide to OSHA’s Field Sanitation Standard;
A Guide to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA);
A Guide to the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA);
A Guide to EPA’s Worker Protection Standard

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Journal of Agromedicine

The Journal of Agromedicine published this FREE special issue (Volume 15, Issue 3) that presents papers based upon the research and safety strategies presented at the "Be Safe, Be Profitable: Protecting Workers in Agriculture" conference held in January 2010 in Dallas, Texas. The conference was a joint meeting of the Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASCHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

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5
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Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database

The Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database, launched by Beyond Pesticides, facilitates access to epidemiologic and laboratory studies based on real world exposure scenarios that link public health effects to pesticides.

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