Public Health and Social Jusitce

Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker Health

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Articles:

*Historical and Contemporary Factors Contributing to the Plight of Migrant Farmworkers in the U.S. – Social Medicine
Article by Koreishi and Donohoe from Social Medicine, also available at http://www.socialmedicine.info/index.php/socialmedicine/article/view/343/833

*Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers – JHCPU.pdf
Article on the health consequences of migrant and seasonal farm work

Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers – Medscape.doc
Article on the health consequences of migrant and seasonal farm work

MSFW – PDX Tribune editorial.doc
Editorial re the health consequences of migrant and seasonal farm work

 External Links:

Beyond Pesticides: http://www.beyondpesticides.org/

CorpWatch: http://www.corpwatch.org/index.php

EPA Superfund Site: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/

Fair Trade Certified: http://www.transfairusa.org/content/WhereToBuy/

Family Farm Defenders: http://www.familyfarmdefenders.org/Main/HomePage

Global Exchange: http://www.globalexchange.org/

Heifer Project, International: http://www.heifer.org/

Immigration Fact Sheet – Center for Popular Economics: http://www.populareconomics.org/Pdf/Immigration.pdf

Jobs with Justice: http://www.jwj.org/

Local Harvest: http://www.localharvest.org/

Meatrix: http://www.themeatrix.com/

Pesticide Action Network of North America: http://www.panna.org/

Sweatshop Watch: http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/

True Cost of Food (Sierra Club Video): http://www.truecostoffood.org/

Unite Here: http://www.unitehere.org/

United for a Fair Economy: http://www.faireconomy.org/

United States Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

Universal Living Wage: http://www.universallivingwage.org/

Washington Toxics Coalition: http://www.watoxics.org/