Pesticide exposure among Latinx child farmworkers in North Carolina.

Thomas A ArcuryHaiying ChenTaylor J ArnoldSara A QuandtKim A AndersonRichard P ScottJennifer W TaltonStephanie S Daniel

Published in: American journal of industrial medicine (2021)

Children who live in farmworker communities are exposed to a plethora of pesticides. Although further research is needed to document the extent of pesticide exposure and its health consequences, sufficient information is available to inform the policy needed to eliminate this pesticide exposure in agricultural communities.

Keyphrases

risk assessment
mental health
public health
healthcare
human health
heavy metals
young adults
health information
climate change
high resolution
tertiary care
gas chromatography
tandem mass spectrometry