Code WACK!

Pesticides, Accidents and ICE: Migrant farmworkers risk their lives to put food on your table


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California's migrant farmworkers suffer from more than inadequate housing, inaccessible health care and social isolation. What are the health risks they face at work each day while contributing to the state's booming agricultural economy? Radio Bilingue's Hugo Morales and host Brenda Gazzar discuss the dangers farmworkers face at work, including pesticide exposure, working around farm animals and with mechanized equipment. Then there's the constant fear of deportation. . . .Click for the transcript!

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