Pesticide Exposure among Farmworkers and Their Families in the Eastern United States: Matters of Social and Environmental Justice
Author: Arcury, T.A.; Quandt, S.A.
Date Published: 2009
Pesticides are found in the workplaces and living quarters of farmworkers and their families. Despite federal regulations designed to reduce pesticide exposure among farmworkers, research conducted in farmworker communities in the eastern US shows that such regulations are only partially enforced. Farmworker knowledge and beliefs about pesticides are often contrary to safety behaviors encouraged in this population. While studies documenting exposure of farmworkers to pesticides and the dose received are limited, they indicate that most farmworker housing is contaminated with a broad range of pesticides, exposing workers as well as family members to pesticides.
Date Published: 2009
Pesticides are found in the workplaces and living quarters of farmworkers and their families. Despite federal regulations designed to reduce pesticide exposure among farmworkers, research conducted in farmworker communities in the eastern US shows that such regulations are only partially enforced. Farmworker knowledge and beliefs about pesticides are often contrary to safety behaviors encouraged in this population. While studies documenting exposure of farmworkers to pesticides and the dose received are limited, they indicate that most farmworker housing is contaminated with a broad range of pesticides, exposing workers as well as family members to pesticides.
