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Heat, Climate, Farmworkers, and Health: A Summer 2019 Update

Aug 6, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
July may be the hottest month ever recorded on the planet. The signature of the climate crisis is increased heat, particularly heat waves that are more frequent and longer in duration. Extreme heat…
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In The Field: Occupational Health in Calexico with Ventanilla de Salud of the Mexican Consulate

Jun 10, 2019
By: Alma Galván
As part of “Filling the Gap in Worker Training: Capacity Building for Occupational Safety and Health,” supported by the Susan Harwood Capacity Building Program of the Occupational Safety and Health…
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Diabetes, Disasters, Late Night Outreach: The Life of a Migrant & Neighborhood Health Nurse in North Carolina

Jun 5, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“It’s very, very busy this time a year.” That’s the update from Gena Byrd, RN, a nurse with Greene County Health Care, a community health center in North Carolina. One of the true migrant health…
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Year in Review: Protecting Farmworker Children from Environmental Contaminants

May 20, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
After an incredibly successful first year, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) and our partner, East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP) are ready and excited to kick off the second year of our…
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Workers’ Memorial Day

Apr 29, 2019
By: Jordana Oman
In June 2018, 24-year-old Mexico native Miguel Angel Guzman Chavez collapsed while picking tomatoes in a field in Colquitt County, Georgia. At the time that he fell ill, the temperature in fields…
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In the Field: MCN Hosts Training of Trainers with Ventanillas de Salud in North Carolina and California

Apr 9, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Every day, millions of workers face potentially life-threatening risks from hazards such as chemicals, machinery, ladders, and temperature extremes. For immigrant workers, challenges including…
Farmworker sprays pesticide on field

New US Senate Bill Matches State Bills Seeking to Ban Chlorpyrifos

Mar 28, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Sofia Carrasco Earlier today, Senator Tom Udall introduced legislation that would ban chlorpyrifos across the nation. The bill, entitled Protect Children, Families and Farmworkers from Nerve…
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New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Health Network Case Study Highlighting Social Distance

Mar 22, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
A 39-year-old pregnant farmworker faces numerous health risks. Engaged in heavy physical labor and exposed to pesticides and heat, she may also face poor living conditions, contaminated water, or…
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Recognizing One of Our Own - Seguridad en las Lecherías: Immigrant Dairy Worker Health and Safety

Mar 19, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. The Health…
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A Hotel Housekeeper, A Needle Stick, A Hepatitis C Diagnosis: Case Study from the Clinician Consultation Center

Feb 7, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Carolyn Chu, MD, MSc, Clinical Director of the Clinician Consultation Center A provider called the PEPline to discuss baseline testing results regarding a 58-year-old woman who works in…
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In the Field: MCN and Rebirth Inc Team Up for Training of Trainers Workshop

Jan 29, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Over the weekend, MCN continued their project “Filling the Gap in Worker Training: Capacity Building for Occupational Safety and Health” by holding a Training of Trainers workshop for Rebirth,…
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Structural Differential: New England Journal of Medicine Features Maine Migrant Health

Dec 19, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, the New England Journal of Medicine published “Structural Differential -- A 32-Year-Old Man with Persistent Wrist Pain,” the first in a series of case studies in social medicine that the…
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MCN's New Worker Safety Project Serves the Haitian Community

Nov 6, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Photo by Earl Dotter) Habacuc Petion’s father was working the midnight shift sanitizing at a chicken processing plant when his hand caught on the conveyor belt. Petion’s father suffered a broken…
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Earl Dotter: A Lifetime of Documenting the Hard Work of Others

Sep 17, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Photo by Earl Dotter “I came of age professionally in the worker health and safety movement with Earl Dotter’s images, bringing to life, in often painful ways, worker struggles and reinforcing…
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In the Field: Training Parents as Community Health Workers to Protect Children from Environmental Hazards

Sep 12, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The downpours over the weekend ahead of Hurricane Florence did not dampen the spirits of the 14 farmworker parents participating in MCN’s Community Health Worker (CHWs) training in collaboration with…
Jayuya Outreach Team

In the Field: Jayuya Outreach Workers Provide Chemical Safety

Aug 20, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
With the commitment to promote a safe and healthy work environment, the Castañer Polyclinic in Jayuya, Puerto Rico is raising awareness among many different groups of workers about the proper use of…
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Pesticide Poisoning in Monterey: 17 Sick Workers, No Violations

Aug 16, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
"I began crying because I couldn't breath and my vision was blurred," one unidentified worker said."I had a severe headache, nausea, sore throat and numb feet," another employee said.In the early…
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Medical-Legal Partnership: Helping Pregnant Agricultural Workers Avoid Pesticide Exposure with Aaron Voit, Esq.

Aug 7, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
photo credit: Alan PogueIn the spring, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation announced that 209 million pounds of pesticide active ingredients were used in 2016 across the green fields of…
MCN Outreach Workers

In the Field: Health and Safety for Workers at Castañer General Hospital

Jul 25, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This May and June, the Castañer General Hospital team carried out orientations in the community and the surrounding regions to instruct workers on the risks of the chemical exposure that they…
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In the Field: Outreach Workers Offer Chemical Safety in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

Jul 17, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In May and June, outreach workers from Polyclinic Castañer, a community health center in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, took to the streets with the goal of training local workers on the various chemical…
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New Research: Dairy Farm Owners Mobilized to Reduce Hazards

Jul 12, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Agricultural work continues to be one of the most dangerous professions in the country. Dairy, in particular, has relatively high injury and fatality rates. Exempted from most labor regulations and…
Kids on a farm

US Children Need Protection, Too: World Day Against Child Labor

Jun 12, 2018
By: Caitlin A. Fish J.D.
photo: Earl DotterToday is World Day Against Child Labor. Here in the US, we assume that children are protected from our most dangerous jobs, like mixing and applying pesticides. We scorn images of…
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MCN Paper on Immigrant Dairy Worker Safety & Health Trainings Wins Sara Mazelis Paper of the Year Award!

Apr 17, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Left to right: Adenike Bitto, Patricia M. Juárez-Carrillo, and Elaine AuldMigrant Clinicians Network’s Seguridad en las lecherías project has once again been honored, this time for a journal article…
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Farmworkers deserve protection from pesticides: Defend important regulations and take part in National Farmworker Awareness Week #NFAW2018

Mar 29, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Farmworkers face substantial health risks at their jobs, including exposure to pesticides. At Migrant Clinicians Network, we have spent decades fighting for a stronger Worker Protection Standard, and…
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In The Field: Bringing Chemical Safety to Austin's Workers

Mar 1, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Austin’s famous nightlife -- think South by Southwest, or the X Games -- fuels a thriving hospitality industry that employs thousands of workers at hotels spattered across the city. Alma Galván, MCH…
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On the Path to Migrant Health: Gathering Information on Chemical Safety Trainings

Feb 20, 2018
By: Alyssa Finley
With the change in weather, there also comes a change in workload. Spring brings with it the hammering of nails and sounds of loud machinery, the planting of fields and landscaping, as well as a…