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Lake Apopka Farmworkers Environmental Health Project

This reports outlines the findings of a survey designed to document the health problems of African-American, Hispanic, and Haitian former Lake Apopka farmworkers, many of whom are experiencing significant and life-threatening health problems which they believe to be connected to their exposure to multiple sources of environmental contamination.

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Are Blueberry Farmers Exploiting Kids?

From: ABCNews | October 30, 2009
ABC News investigation uncovers underage children working in the fields. Children as Young as 5 and 6 Working in the Fields of Large Blueberry Grower; Walmart Severs Ties, Feds Levy Fines.

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Effort to remove lead from Mexican treats: Candies, chiles, dried grasshoppers can poison children

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The Dark Side of Dairies

A broken system leaves immigrant workers invisible -- and in danger. High Country News, 8/2009

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Promote Safety from Unintentional Poisonings in Homes and Support Community Poison Control Centers

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More than 2 million poisonings are reported each year to the 61 Poison Control Centers (PCCs) across the country. More than 90 percent of these poisonings occur in the home. The majority of non-fatal poisonings occur in children younger than six years old. And, poisonings are one of the leading causes of death among adults.

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Pesticide Drift Sickens Farmworkers, 9/22/06

About 45 farmworkers harvesting fruit in the orchards of the San Joaquin Delta in California were exposed to Di-Syston, an acutely toxic organophosphate pesticide, sprayed by a crop duster treating a nearby asparagus field, according a Sacramento Bee article published on September 22, 2006.

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