In early February, FJF, the Farm Worker Pesticide Project and the UFW released a report showing that pesticide handlers in Washington State were experiencing...
Shelley Davis
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Mar 4, 2005 3:32 pm
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Hi all, Many of you will likely be interested in this conference at Harvard. *Unite For Sight Second Annual International Conference* *"Eyes on International...
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS APPLICATIONS FOR PRESENTATION ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED for the 15th Annual Midwest Stream FARMWORKER HEALTH FORUM Deadline for applications is...
Lisa Hughes
hughes@...
Mar 8, 2005 2:37 pm
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Hi all, Below is an excellent short article summarizing the principal causes of fatal injuries amongst Mexican construction workers in the US. As you will see,...
Shelley Davis
sdavis@...
Mar 8, 2005 4:24 pm
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Kudos to Peter for addressing this issue within the context of his column for Risk and Insurance magazine. The insurance industry is a loser here as well and...
David Lighthall
david@...
Mar 9, 2005 2:20 am
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I am the author of that article and very much enjoy giving my thanks to the National Farmworkers Justice Fund, The Center to Protect Workers Rights, and David...
This fits in very well with Shelley's recent post. David Lighthall ... From: Frances C. Schreiberg [mailto:fschreiberg@...] Sent: Tuesday, March 08,...
David Lighthall
david@...
Mar 9, 2005 2:38 pm
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This is excellent and something very important. I believe we are searching for reforms, labor reforms. Rene Quintana ... From: David Lighthall...
Rene Quintana
rquintana@...
Mar 9, 2005 6:35 pm
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Everyone! The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, just as they were out on their Taco Bell Truth Tour, got the news that they won the Boycott. Thank you for not...
Alayne Unterberger
alayne@...
Mar 10, 2005 2:56 pm
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Everyone, I have been searching and I am wondering if anyone can help me with the following question I recently received "Does anyone out there know of a data...
Congratulations from Del Norte California on one hell of a win. Its leaders like you that we need to clone, we are so proud of you. Good work, and shame on...
Rene Quintana
rquintana@...
Mar 10, 2005 6:34 pm
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Published on Thursday, March 10, 2005=20 Monitoring program evaluated for curbing exposure to pesticide By BENJAMIN ROMANO YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC ...
Shelley Davis
sdavis@...
Mar 10, 2005 8:31 pm
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"Illegal Aliens and American Medicine" This is the name of the article published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeon vol.10 no. 1 Spring 2005 pp...
patb@...
Mar 17, 2005 3:06 am
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Dear Colleagues: In the Federal Register,EPA recently issued a proposal to change what's required in terms of toxicity testing for registering a pesticide...
Shelley Davis
sdavis@...
Mar 17, 2005 4:09 pm
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The Florida Association of Community Health Centers (FACHC) has recently updated our web page with a sizable section dedicated to farmworkers, particularly...
Erin Sologaistoa
erin@...
Mar 17, 2005 5:18 pm
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Sounds fantastic I would like to invite everyone to our farm worker web page www.delnortealma.org. Sincerely, Rene Quintana ... From: Erin Sologaistoa...
Rene Quintana
rquintana@...
Mar 17, 2005 5:55 pm
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This is one of the Google citations, the first one to appear when you do a search on the article referenced by Patricia. Those of you associated or familiar...
Folks might be interested in this article recently in the Palm Beach Post. It's about three babies born with severe birth defects. The migrant mothers all...
Alice Larson
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Mar 23, 2005 2:43 am
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Hi. I am searching for a project director and welcome anyone who may be interested. Thank you for your time addressing this request. Thanks, Michael Rodriguez,...
Alice, The article you remitted was very disturbing, has there been a physical test or analysis saying what caused the birth defects. There are genetic tests...
Rene Quintana
rquintana@...
Mar 23, 2005 4:49 pm
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I'm not familiar with FL but here, in TX, there is a state birth defects registry (Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance at www.dshs.state.tx.us...
Macnaughton, Nancy L
Nancy.L.Mac.Naughton@...
Mar 23, 2005 6:34 pm
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Regarding the Immokalee babies born with birth defects.... Florida has a pesticide surveillance program run through the department of health however the number...
Erin Sologaistoa
erin@...
Mar 23, 2005 8:06 pm
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Alice and Nancy and all interested parties, There's a National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at CDC. They may be able to...
nardat@...
Mar 24, 2005 2:58 am
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Dear colleagues: A great opportunity with the University of California as the Assistant Director of the CPRC-based California-Mexico Health Initiative The...
The good news is that this journal is not deemed worthy of subscription by any of the major university libraries (especially those with top ranked med schools)...
The authors of "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life" (Herrnstein & Murray) are probably loathing in grand scale if they have read...
Pesticides Among Chemicals Found in New Study on Household Dust March 24, 2005 A study of common household dust released this week found pesticides and other...
Shelley Davis
sdavis@...
Mar 25, 2005 2:37 pm
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I'm sad to let you know that Dr. Stephen Ciesielski died from a heart attack on Sunday while hiking with his brother on a mountain in Mexico. He was only 47 ...
Hi all, Below is an article on the recently released EPA Cancer guidelines. These are the protocols EPA uses in its risk assessments, to determine if a...
Shelley Davis
sdavis@...
Mar 31, 2005 6:39 pm
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Jan, thanks so much for letting us know...this is a terrible shock. Is there an address that we could send a card to? ... -- Bobbi Ryder CEO National Center...