Environmental

New Film Reveals Child Farmworkers’ Exposure to Pesticides

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011.  A new film highlights North Carolina farmworker children’s stories about being sprayed with toxic pesticides while working in the field. Overworked & Under Spray: Young Farm Workers’ Pesticide Storiesfeatures interviews with six high school-age children about their experiences working in the fields in eastern NC. Most of the children’s stories involve incidents of pesticide exposure that are illegal according to NC law. The film is the latest documentary short to…

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