Recommended News Articles
2/3/2016 Associated Press, Review Reveals Problems Protecting Workers from Pesticides
1/22/2016 Honolulu Civil Beat, Syngenta Workers Seek Medical Aid After Pesticide Use on Kauai
Visit our News Archive for article from previous years.
Essays and Photos
Photos from Our Events and Advocacy
The Toxic Secret of California’s Salad Bowl: Dangerous Pesticides, A Way of Life for Farmworkers, A photo essay by EarthJustice.
Stories from the Field, A photo essay by David Bacon and Farmworker Justice
Videos
Pesticide Lake - Farmworker exposure to pesticides in Lake Apopka, Florida.
Overworked and Under Spray – Children as young as 12 can legally work in agriculture. This film covers farmworker children and exposure to pesticides.
Made in the U.S.A.: Child Labor and Tobacco – Children working in tobacco fields are exposed to nicotine, toxic pesticides, and other dangers.
Elvira, A Farmworker – The perspective of a farmworker turned advocate for pesticide safety.
Breaking Silence – Farmworkers speak about their experiences with pesticides in the fields.
Blogs
Pesticide Action Network North America: What EPA Didn’t Know about Enlist Duo
Pesticide Action Network North America: Valentine Love for Farmworkers
Farmworker Justice: Got flowers? Valentine Love for Fernery Workers
Toxic Free NC: Polar Vortex, Pesticides, Red Tape Can’t Stop Us! Yesenia and Neftali of NC FIELD and Poder Juvenil Campesino visited Washington, D.C. to speak out about pesticide safety.