On the Front Lines of Feeding Us Post #10

“There is an estimated 5.1 billion pounds of pesticides applied to crops each year… ...Farmworkers experience the effects of acute pesticide poisoning, including headaches…to chronic health problems, such as cancer, infertility…neurological disorders, and respiratory conditions…." From Exposed and Ignored: How Pesticides are Endangering our Nation’s Farmworkers: A Report by Farmworker Justice, 2013.