Background: At their peak in July, four agricultural sectors total more than 107,000 agricultural workers in Washington, meaning that there are thousands of people who can be impacted by improved leadership.
Edward Kasner
Student Research Project |
The Washington State Department of Health investigates hundreds of pesticide illness reports each year, many of which are related to pesticide spray drift. Drift is the movement of pesticide aerosols through the air from an area of application to any unintended site and accounts for up to half of the pesticide-related illnesses among agricultural workers in the United States.