This is the second year that WCAHS has participated in a community health fair organized by the student volunteers at the Knights Landing One Health Center, a UC Davis student-run clinic that provides valuable primary health care services to the Knights Landing community every first and third Sunday of each month.
The California Heat Illness Prevention Study (CHIPS) received a research paper award at the June 2017 International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health conference held in Logan, Utah.
Finding viable employment and meaningful careers is a challenge for many of today’s veterans returning home, but the Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) brings two of the country's biggest industries together—agriculture and military.
An additional research project, “Reducing occupational exposure to zoonotic pathogens in California dairy farmworkers,” has been awarded funding from the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, increasing the number of primary WCAHS research projects to five.
by Emily Walsh, Director of Community Outreach & Mesothelioma Cancer Expert
Agricultural workers face numerous airborne threats every day. Air pollutant emissions, soil fumigants, pesticides, mold, asbestos, and dust are a few of the potential lung health hazards that an agricultural worker can come into contact through work.
Lower back pain is one of most serious health problems for farmworkers, and it can result from the intensive manual work that farming requires, such as carrying heavy objects or working long hours in a stooped posture.
Over the past several decades, water flowing from the Colorado River meant for agricultural irrigation has been rerouted, leaving the Salton Sea stagnant—its only inflow from agricultural and industrial runoff.
ASHCA is a coalition of farms, ranches, producer associations, and other related agricultural people, organizations and businesses joining together with safety associations, government agencies, safety professions, and educational institutions (such as the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety [WCAHS]).
Potential health risks of wildfire smoke may be magnified due to pesticide application across California’s vast agricultural land and the use of fire retardants to fight fires.
WCAHS attended the National Hmong American Farmers’ 8th Annual National Farm Conference on August 29, 2017 in Fresno, CA. This year’s conference embraced the diverse and multi-ethnic farming community and focused on “New Generation, Immigrant and Veteran Farmers.”
Preventing sexual harassment in the agricultural industry is the focus of graduate student Kimberly Prado's research. She received a WCAHS Small Grant for the project.
WCAHS investigator Dr. Chris Simmons is helping Chico based almond grower Rory Crowley improve his orchard's health with biosolarization, an alternative to toxic soil fumigation.