WHY are we KILLING our agricultural workers?

Pesticides are poisons designed to kill living beings. Exposure to pesticides, even at low levels, can cause health risks. Farm workers have an increased risk for many health problems because of their exposure to pesticides. The families of farm workers are also at risk because pesticides can contaminate clothes, skin and hair. Pesticides get brought into the home when parents return from work. They can drift into homes after being applied to nearby fields. Children are most sensitive to the effects of pesticides since their bodies are still developing. It is likely that children whose parents work in the fields already have pesticides in their system. A recent study in Californi discovered that among Latinos, farm workers had the greater risk of leukemia (59%), stomach cancer (70%), cervical cancer (63%) and uterine cancer (68%). (Cancer Registry of California, 2002) Other studies of farm workers and their families show reduced fertility and increased rates of birth defects and spontaneous abortions.

Nobody forces people to take these jobs, it is voluntary. If you willingly take a risky job, why should other people be forced to pay for your health problems? There is no logic in that.

Contracting cancer isn't a death sentence.

I dispute those figures as well.

And "It is likely that children whose parents work in the fields already have pesticides in their system."