Sanet Post, Kirsten Saylor
farmer health and pesticides
March 3, 1999

The Journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology: Human Organization has a special section dedicated to "health risks in agricultural work". Vol. 57, no. 3 Fall 1998.

Some of the articles are: "Perceptions of Pesticide Associated Cancer Risks among Farmers: A Qualitative Assessment"

"Farmworker and Farmer Perceptions of Farmworker Agricultural Chemical Exposure in North Carolina"

"California Farmworkers: Dilemmas in Developing Interventions for Health and Medical Care Concerns"

I would also like to know of research on perceptions of landscapers and home gardeners who put their hands directly in some nasty fertilizers and herbicides. The urban dwellers probably suffer some of the same affects, but need the black and white to be convinced of the culprit.

Kirsten Saylor
Arlington, VA

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