Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Colleagues— As many of you may be aware, farmworker health professionals and advocates in North Carolina have been following very closely the case of three farmworker women who were exposed to pesticides while pregnant and working in the fields and the potential link between this exposure and the birth of babies with birth defects. Please find below links to a very recent article that appeared in the local newspaper about the case and a link to the official report released by the NC Division of Public Health who conducted an assessment of the three cases: http://www.newsobserver.com/719story/442930.html http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi.oii.html select Assessment of Maternal Occupational Pesticide Exposures during Pregnancy and Three Children with Birth Defects: North Carolina, 2004 We hope this will prompt you to monitor this issue in your respective states. Sincerely, A. Triantafillou, MPH Family/Community Partnership Specialist East Coast Migrant Head Start Project 4901 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 300 Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 (919) 420-0334 ext. 274 phone (919) 783-8441 fax striantafillou@... www.ecmhsp.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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