"Farming for Public Health: Thinking Upstream" is presented by Audrey Tran Lam from the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Energy & Environmental Education. Approximately 50 million pounds of pesticides are applied to corn and beans in Iowa annually.  As troubles of escalating pesticide use in Iowa and the Midwest are becoming more visible (weed resistance, pesticide drift, crop damage, etc.), there is a paucity of easily accessible informational resources for Iowans about the environmental and public health impacts of pesticides in our state. Furthermore, the system of agriculture that relies so heavily on synthetic chemical inputs has many other implications on ecological sustainability that ultimately impact human health. This podcast will help listeners think critically about the downstream implications of current agricultural practices in the Midwest and their impacts on human and environmental health. 

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Contact: Audrey Tran Lam [email protected]

Slides: https://lor.nnlm.gov/op/op.Download_Share.php?documentid=4556

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This webinar was originally presented October 12, 2022