Dancing with Danger: A Pesticide Worker Protection Story
Author: Derthick, Steve
This booklet is designed to be given to agricultural workers to supplement other pesticide safety training activities as required by the EPA Worker Protection Standard. It tells the story of a worker who gets pesticide poisoning and learns how to protect himself in the future. In the booklet are discussion questions and an exercise to reinforce key points, including: 1) Where pesticides may be found at work. 2) Possible short-and long-term effects of pesticide exposure. 3) How pesticides enter the body. 4) Symptoms of certain types of pesticide poisoning. 5) First Aid for certain types of pesticide poisoning. 6) How to protect oneself from pesticides. 7) Responsibility of growers to protect their workers.
This booklet is designed to be given to agricultural workers to supplement other pesticide safety training activities as required by the EPA Worker Protection Standard. It tells the story of a worker who gets pesticide poisoning and learns how to protect himself in the future. In the booklet are discussion questions and an exercise to reinforce key points, including: 1) Where pesticides may be found at work. 2) Possible short-and long-term effects of pesticide exposure. 3) How pesticides enter the body. 4) Symptoms of certain types of pesticide poisoning. 5) First Aid for certain types of pesticide poisoning. 6) How to protect oneself from pesticides. 7) Responsibility of growers to protect their workers.
