Agriculture At Risk: A Report To The Nation: Agricultural Occupational and Environmental Health: Policy Strategies for the Future
Author: Merchant, James A., M.D., Dr. P.H.; Kross, Burton C., Ph.D., P.E., eds.
Date Published: 1989
This report represents a summary of discussions held at the conference "Agricultural Occupational and Environmental Health: Policy Strategies for the Future." It acknowledges an agricultural health crisis as a result of occupational injuries, agriculturally related diseases like chronic lung disease, certain cancers, arthritis, dermatitis, and hearing loss, and chemically contaminated water and pesticide exposures. It examines the need for occupational health and safety services, more education and more research and makes policy recommendations to address these needs.
Date Published: 1989
This report represents a summary of discussions held at the conference "Agricultural Occupational and Environmental Health: Policy Strategies for the Future." It acknowledges an agricultural health crisis as a result of occupational injuries, agriculturally related diseases like chronic lung disease, certain cancers, arthritis, dermatitis, and hearing loss, and chemically contaminated water and pesticide exposures. It examines the need for occupational health and safety services, more education and more research and makes policy recommendations to address these needs.
