Pesticides Kill Farmworkers—1990
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Title
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Pesticides Kill Farmworkers—1990
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Rights
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Educational fair use.
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Creator
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Harvard University
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Date
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1990
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Description
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Cesar Chavez, a leader of the United Farmworkers Movement, discusses the health concerns of using the pesticide DDT in the fields. Chavez details the boycott of 1965 which urged grape growers to eliminate their use of pesticides because of farmworkers who developed cancer, experienced birth defects, and other health issues after exposure to DDT. He also explores the emergence of cancer clusters due to pesticide use in vineyards and other agricultural sites in the Silicon Valley of California. Chavez recounts the success of the 1965 boycott and uses it as motivation for farmworkers in the 1990s to take up the fight against another deadly pesticide, organophosphates.
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Format
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Audio File. MP3.
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Language
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English.
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Publisher
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The University of California, San Diego Library.
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Contributor
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Melissa Valenzuela.
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Identifier
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https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/medias/oral-history/
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Subject
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Farm workers; migrant workers; California; United Farm Worker Movement; Cesar Chavez; agriculture; pesticides; DDT; oral histories.
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Source
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MP3 file. The University of California, San Diego Farmworker Movement Documentation Project. 10/28/2021. https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/media/oral_history/music/pesticides_kills_farmworkers.mp3
