The Not-So-Funny Farm

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Posted by Grist at 1:12 PM on 20 Mar 2006

Farmworkers suffer from chemical-related illnesses at a higher rate than any other occupational group, says Tirso Moreno of the Farmworker Association of Florida, which fights for safety and equal rights for farmworkers. As InterActivist this week, Moreno chats about the tribulations of immigrants, the need for stiffer penalties for agri-biz pollutocrats, and why some farmwork is modern-day indentured servitude. Send Moreno a question of your own by noon PST on Wednesday; we'll publish selected answers on Friday.

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farmworkers

Thanks so much for running this piece. Most tomatoes we eat, wine we drink, and stuff in salads we toss are likely to have been picked from the fields from folks who are exposed to deadly poisons every day...poisons used to grow these foods. Please let readers know about National Farmworker Awareness Week, 3/27 - 4/2. For a list of actions folks can do to support farmworkers, go to www.saf-unite.org. At Pesticide Action Network North America we are working to ban fumigant pesticides..poisons that kill all life in the soil, and they're linked to a rise in Parkinsons Disease, other neurlogical problems, cancer, reproductive problems, birth defects - not just dangers to Farmworkers - these chemicals pose a threat to all of us. The corporations who make fumigant pesticides also fund right wing politics and thwart international treaties to protect the ozone. The whole world is suffering alongside the Farmworkers, so it is in all of our interests to support their right to a just and safe environment.

Stephenie Hendricks
Pesticide Action Network North America
www.panna.org

by stepheniehendricks at 4:02 PM on 20 Mar 2006

good

It'd good to see people out there realize its not just farms that use pesticides, alot of people use it on there flower gardens or just their grass so they can improve thier "images" to their neighbors and business associates. No matter where you turn at least one food in your meal is loaded with pesticides, without you even knowing it.

by hillary at 7:33 AM on 23 Mar 2006
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