This EPA report contains the latest estimates of agricultural and nonagricultural pesticide use in the United States.
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- market_estimates06-07.pdf (563.59 KB)
The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) is a network of nurses from around the country (and world) who are acting on the notion that our environment and health are inextricably connected. We are a group of nurses from all walks of our profession – hospital-based, public health, school-based, academics, and advanced practice, to name a few.
We are helping to integrate environmental health into nursing education, greening our many workplaces, incorporating environmental exposure questions into our patient histories, providing anticipatory guidance to pregnant women and parents about environmental risks to children, implementing research that addresses environmental health questions, and advocating for environmental health in our workplaces and governmental institutions.
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https://www3.marshfieldclinic.org/nccrahs/default.aspx?page=nfmc_nccrahs_saghaf
Seven guidelines in English and Spanish. Colorful, illustrated poster address supervisor responsibilities for ensuring work conditions are appropriate and adequate . Training and supervision tips, specific to teens and to each job, are provided. Developed by National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety.
http://www.nagcat.org/nagcat/default.aspx?page=nagcat_guidelines_posters
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.
OSHA facts sheet and guidance for commercial swine farmers and pork producers. Bilingual "quick card" to assist with worker protection.
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- OSHA_FACTSHEET_ INFLUENZA_ IN_WORKERS_PIGS.pdf (58.92 KB)
- OSHA_SWINE_WORKERS QUICKCARD_1.pdf (2.05 MB)
California Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control has identified several cases of mercury toxicity linked to the use of adulterated, unlabelled face creams in the Latino community.
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- CDPH_Health_Alert_Mercury_Skin_Cream_2010.pdf (103.47 KB)
- Patient_Education_MercuryCream_Eng_Esp_2010.pdf (219.79 KB)
A bilingual training kit for community health workers to educate families about in home pesticide safety. Includes a step-by-step facilitator guide with handouts and a power point slide slow. Developed by the Center for Environmental Resource Management at UTEP for US-Mexico border residents.
Un paquete bilingue para ayudar a trabajadores comunitarios de la salud a educar familias sobre la forma segura de usar pesticidas en el hogar. Hay instrucciones paso a paso, los materiales para distribuir y la presentación para mostrarse estan disponibles en Español. Estas pláticas se enfocan a los residentes de la frontera EU-México y fue realizado por el Centro para la Administración de Recursos Ambientales de la Universidad de Texas en El Paso.
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- Pesticide_Trainers_Guide_Eng_2010.pdf (649.11 KB)
- Pesticida_Guia_Platica_ESP_2010.pdf (628.31 KB)
- Community_Pesticide_Presentation_ENG_2010.ppt (2.37 MB)
- Comunidad_Pesticida_Presentacion_ESP_2010.ppt (2.49 MB)
Introductory overview of occupational health policy by Farmworker Justice.
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- OccupationalHealthPolicy101_2009.pdf (6.9 MB)
http://www.neefusa.org/health/asthma/asthmaguidelines.htm
These guidelines are aimed at integrating environmental management of asthma into pediatric health care. Offers clinical competencies in environmental health relevant to pediatric asthma and outlines the environmental interventions to communicate to patients.
This hour long webcast features Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH – a former medical director of a migrant and community health center and a pediatrician with over 20 years of practice serving farmworker and immigrant populations.
An interactive lead case study by Susan Buchanan, MD, Linda Forst, MD, MPH, and Anne Evens, MS.
NIOSH information on heat stress/illness.
Photonovelas in English and Spanish. Produced by the North Carolina Farmworker Project.
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- Heat_Illness_Novela_English.pdf (1.41 MB)
- Heat_Illness_Novela_Spanish.pdf (1.42 MB)
- fotonovela_directions.doc (77.5 KB)
EPA has revoked regulations that permitted small residues of the pesticide carbofuran in food.
The Toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health.
The CA Department of Pesticide Regulation provides videos in Mixteco about pesticide safety. Contact Charlene Martens to get copies or more information: (916) 445-4261 cmartens@cdpr.ca.gov
Describes the adverse health effects of lead in workers with blood-lead levels of 5-10 ug/dL and recommend changing OSHA’s medical removal trigger of 60 ug/dL.
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- Perspectives_Lead_Exposure_2.pdf (1.09 MB)
A useful resource for health professionals interested in the health effects of exposure to specific chemicals and hazardous substances.
The AgriSafe Network Distance Learning Webinars aims to provide appropriate and timely training opportunities for Network members and affiliates. Through partnering with the National Rural Health Association and the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, the Network has been able to offer a series of fantastic speakers using the web-based Elluminate program.
A training guide for Promotor(a) programs from Migrant Health Promotion.
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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- BreathingEasyComicEng.pdf (2.36 MB)
- UnaCasaLibreDeProblemasRespiratorias.pdf (2.85 MB)
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The Mesothelioma Information and Resource Group (MIRG) is an organization created to assist patients, family, friends and loved ones in learning about mesothelioma and other asbestos-related injuries.
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A list of free online resource compiled by the EPA
Migrant Health Promotion bases all of its work on close collaboration with community members (Promotores and Promotoras) who improve the health of their communities with community-based health education and activities. Within this framework, Migrant Health Promotion has developed several "program models."
A national leader in program development and innovation, Migrant Health Promotion is committed to sharing its expertise to improve the health of farmworkers and their rural communities.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing changes to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), the agricultural worker regulation intended to provide basic workplace protection for millions of farmworkers.
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- wps.pdf (181.02 KB)
FJF/MCN comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency against using human subjects to test pesticides.
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- Human_Testing_FJF-MCN_Comments.doc (154 KB)
The EPA webpage with detailed information on WPS.
This CME/CE course by Sussan K. Sutphen, MD, MEd offers an excellent overview about water and sanitation disease.