Participatory Education with Farmworkers in Pesticide Safety

  • Arcury, Thomas;
  • Quandt, Sara;
  • Colin, Austin;
  • Saavedra, Rosa;
  • Rao, Pamela;
  • Cabrera, Luis

Facts:
  • When you leave the field, the clothes you are wearing and your exposed skin have pesticide residues.
  • Shower and wash your hair after work every work day.
  • Wash work clothes before using them again.
  • Keep dirty work clothes separate from the rest of your clothes and your family's clothes. Wash them separately. Keep separate labeled boxes for clothes.
  • Never bring pesticide containers or pesticides into the home.

Man washing launddry before entering house


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