Participatory Education with Farmworkers in Pesticide Safety

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

The comic "El Terror Invisible" was produced by the PACE Project in response to suggestions made by farm workers at a series of community forums, at the PACE Advisory Committee meetings, and by the staff of the North Carolina Farm workers Project. The comic focuses on the issue of pesticide residues and responds to the typical farm worker attitudes and concerns about safety. The ghost logo represents pesticide residues, something that you cannot see or feel but that can nonetheless cause harm. The format and the theme is intended to make the information accessible and compelling.

The comic is a tri-fold brochure, with the third panel on Side 2 forming the cover. Use local contact information to fill in the second panel an Side 2. You are welcome to duplicate the comic, but please include the copyright notice at the bottom of the middle back panel.

A digital version of the comic can be obtained by contacting:

Thomas A Arcury, PHD
Department of Family and Community Medicine

Wake Forest University of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084

Phone: 336-716-3206
Fax: 336-716-3206
email: tarcury@wfubmc.edu

To reproduce the comic, you may cut and paste the pages on legal size (81/2" x 11")

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