Re: Contacts in Southern California

August 8, 2006

Sheila,

If I may encourage you to research pterygium, the eye diseases that is

at epidemic levels in Hispanic men. It's a serious problem that

preliminary research finds that this contagion is non cancerious. I do

not agree. I believe the eye disease is mutating into malignantcy.

Rene Quintana

Del Norte

Adelante

-----Original Message-----

From: Sheila Faye Lahousse [mailto:lahouss1@...]

Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 4:25 PM

Subject: [ ] Contacts in Southern California

Greetings,

I recently moved from the Midwest and am in need of your help. Can

anyone

please send me some contacts of organizations doing promotora work with

cancer prevention/health promotion and farmworkers in the Southern

California border region? I am doing my own research on finding key

players

in the area, but still wanted to see if you had any leads,

Sincerely,

Sheila LaHousse

_______________________________________

Sheila F. LaHousse, MA

Research Associate

Department of Community Outreach

and s Cancer Center

University of California, San Diego

3855 Health Sciences Drive #0850

La Jolla, CA 92093-0850

http://cancer.ucsd.edu

(858)822-3412 (office)

(517)214-0906 (cell)

slahousse@...

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August 8, 2006

Rene,

I am an occupational medicine physician in Washington. I recently

supported and had accepted a worker compensation claim for a pterygium

in a farm worker. I dont think it is widely diagnosed as an occupational

disease as such. Literature on the cause of the problem suggest that the

conditions commonly found in outdoor and agricultural work are causative

and therefore in most jurisdictions, pterygium should be covered under

workman's comp. This option should be considered and when possible,

pursued by people providing care for agricultural workers with pterygia.

Rene J. Quintana wrote:

> Sheila,

>

> If I may encourage you to research pterygium, the eye diseases that is

> at epidemic levels in Hispanic men. It's a serious problem that

> preliminary research finds that this contagion is non cancerious. I do

> not agree. I believe the eye disease is mutating into malignantcy.

>

> Rene Quintana

> Del Norte

> Adelante

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Sheila Faye Lahousse [mailto:lahouss1@...]

> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 4:25 PM

>

> Subject: [ ] Contacts in Southern California

>

> Greetings,

>

> I recently moved from the Midwest and am in need of your help. Can

> anyone

> please send me some contacts of organizations doing promotora work with

> cancer prevention/health promotion and farmworkers in the Southern

> California border region? I am doing my own research on finding key

> players

> in the area, but still wanted to see if you had any leads,

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Sheila LaHousse

>

> _______________________________________

>

> Sheila F. LaHousse, MA

> Research Associate

> Department of Community Outreach

> and s Cancer Center

> University of California, San Diego

> 3855 Health Sciences Drive #0850

> La Jolla, CA 92093-0850

> http://cancer.ucsd.edu

> (858)822-3412 (office)

> (517)214-0906 (cell)

> slahousse@...

> lahouss1@...

>

> To Post a message, send it to: Groups

>

> To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:

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>

August 8, 2006

,

This is excellent, finally a break. I've been advocating education and

prevention on this disease. It is widespread among Hispanic men to a

disturbing degree. In some cases my research found that 70% of the

Hispanic men had pterygium. It's a new phenomena. The reason why

pterygium is not widely being diagnosed appears to be intentional. My

discussion with the Director of Occupational Medicine with the State of

California was disturbing. She was aware there was an epidemic of this

eye disease among Hispanic men but did not want to act on it. Thank you

for pushing the issue. It's a definitely at epidemic levels, especially

in California. No one really wants to listen so all I can do is wait and

see. Based on my research the disease will not be ignored within a 4 to

5 year period of time. There will be so many cases by then.

Sincerely,

Rene Quintana

Adelante Farm Worker Program

Del Norte, California

-----Original Message-----

From: Keifer MD MPH [mailto:mkeifer@...]

Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:06 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Contacts in Southern California