Environmental and Occupational Health

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LO QUE BIEN EMPIEZA...BIEN ACABA - Pesticide Prevention During Pregnancy Comic Book

MCN Spanish educational comic book that addresses pesticide exposure in women of reproductive age. LO QUE BIEN EMPIEZA...BIEN ACABA: Consejos para las mujeres para prevenir daños a la salud y a sus bebés causados por pesticidas.

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5
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A Little Bit of Poison...Will It Kill You?/Poco Veneno….No Mata? A Pesticide Education Manual for Community Health Workers

This manual (in English and in Spanish) is a guide for lay health educators or promotores de salud to assist them with community-based pesticide education activities.  The manual offers information about health risks from pesticide exposure and ways to lessen these risks. Also, it includes useful information and tips to successfully work in the community. 
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Aunque Cerca...Sano Pesticide Comic Book

This 16-page comic book targets migrant and seasonal farmworker families to educate parents about children's risks to pesticide exposure and ways to minimize these risks. Available in English and Spanish.
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5
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Aunque Cerca...Sano Pesticide Training Manual

A step by step educational manual to train outreach workers and promotoras de salud about pesticides.  Includes exercises to help workshop participants help parents protect children from pesticide expsoure.
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Be Careful with Water and Lead/Cuidado con el agua y el plomo

Spanish radio novella about water, sanitation, safe hygiene and lead, 1 of 5 novellas in the series Las Historias de Melesio, MCN and Rural Family Development.

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Breathing Easy at Home/Una Casa Libre de Problemas Respiratorios

Educational comic book about the sources of indoor pollution and ways to minimize exposure. Offers safe alternatives to clean homes. English and Spanish.

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Darle un Buen Uso a los Pesticidas

A Spanish language trifold with pesticide safety information.
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5
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Environmental Training Modules for Promotoras

Bilingual training modules on Asthma, Lead, Pesticides, Water and Sanitation and Popular Education. Produced by Farmworker Justice as part of their Clean Environment for Healthy Kids. Contributing authors include Amy Liebman, Shelley Davis and Virginia Ruiz.

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Guidelines for Children Working in Agriculture - NAGCAT

Guidelines for parents to match child's growth and development with the requirements of different farm chores in order to lessen the risk of farm related disease or injury in children and teenagers. North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks was developed by the National Children's Center for Rural Agricultural Health and Safety.

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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.