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Lake Apopka Farmworkers Collection

Collected by: Rollins College

Archived since: Mar, 2014

Description:

The Apopka Farmworkers Collection documents the health crisis resulting from area farmworkers' exposure to pesticides used in farming, and from exposure to environmental contaminants from nearby sites, around Lake Apopka in Central Florida. Farming in the area began in the 1940s and ended in 1998.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities Society & Culture Science & Health Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

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Title: Lake Apopka Farmworker Memorial Quilt Project Blog

URL: http://apopkaquiltproject.blogspot.com/

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Pesticide Exposure in Muck Fields and Ferneries in Florida: Decades of Workplace Poisoning

URL: http://earthjustice.org/features/pesticide-exposure-in-muck-fields-and-ferneries-in-florida/

Description: Personal stories from agricultural workers illustrate the need for stronger protection from pesticide exposure. Agricultural workers across different regions in Florida share their stories of being exposed to pesticides.

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Legislator’s plans to help Apopka workers move forward

URL: http://floridaindependent.com/49133/gary-siplin-farm-workers/

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Current: Farmworker advocates hope Senate report will help Apopka residents

URL: http://floridaindependent.com/61258/farmworker-association-of-florida-apopka-health-care/

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Former farmworkers in Apopka lose out on hope for health care coverage, and use quilts to promote their cause

URL: http://freelinemediaorlando.com/former-farmworkers-in-apopka-lose-out-on-hope-for-health-care-coverage-and-use-quilts-to-promote-their-cause/

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Lake Apopka Toxic Tour

URL: http://nfwm-yaya.org/2015/10/lake-apopka-toxic-tour-2/

Description: Students took a tour with the Farmworkers Association and learned about the history and landscape of the Northern side of lake Apopka. They learned about the demographic make-up of the farmworker population in Central Florida, the harmful health effects of pesticides, difficult living conditions experienced by farmworkers, and the meaning of environmental racism.

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: FSU and UF law students take an alternative spring break

URL: http://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/JNNews01.nsf/8c9f13012b96736985256aa900624829/66a1f33d64c1cb3785257f7d00448409/

Description: Students took a “Toxic Tour” throughout Apopka with the Farmworker Association of Florida. They learned about the history of pesticide use in Florida agriculture and its present-day effects on the agricultural workers and lands in Florida.

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Farmworker Association of Florida, La Asociación Campesina de Florida

URL: http://www.floridafarmworkers.org/

Description: Website of the Farmworker Association of Florida

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Lake Apopka Farmworkers Environmental Health Project: Report on Community Health Survey May 2006

URL: http://www.floridafarmworkers.org/images/my_images/pdf/lakeapopkareport.pdf

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Status of Health-Related Consequences to Muck Farm Workers in the Lake Apopka Region

URL: http://www.flsenate.gov/PublishedContent/Session/2012/InterimReports/AG2012012-201ag.pdf

Description: Florida Senate Issue Brief 2012-201

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Sick Apopka Farmworkers hope for major study of their illness

URL: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/os-apopka-farmworkers-lupus-20150918-story.html

Description: Former farmworkers believe pesticide exposure has caused them and their children a variety of serious illnesses including lupus and chronic kidney disease. The University of Florida seeks to do a comprehensive study to investigate whether pesticide exposure has lead to the medical ailments of farmworkers who harvested vegetables on the farms of Apopka's shores for decades.

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Farmworkers at risk every day: Letters

URL: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-ed-letters-farmworkers-risk-020816-20160206-story.html

Description: Florida farmworkers were exposed to aerial application of pesticides and as a result have serious health and economic challenges.

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Senate Agriculture Committee to study plight of Lake Apopka farmworkers

URL: http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=23751711

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Farmworker representative says Senate report provides validation for Lake Apopka workers

URL: http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=25809972

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Lake Apopka: Ecocide, Rural Oligarchy, and Slavery

URL: http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/30528-lake-apopka-ecocide-rural-oligarchy-and-slavery/

Description: An Op-Ed piece summarizing a tour of Lake Apopka. The article sheds light of the plight of former and current farmworkers and the conditions they live and work in. It also discusses ongoing problems with the lake's ecosystem due to pesticide and fertilizer pollution over time.

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: A Cautionary Tale: Lake Apopka

URL: http://www.wuft.org/specials/water/lake-apopka-cautionary-tale/

Description: After more than 20 years, Lake Apopka serves as a 48-square-mile lesson in the importance of keeping pollution out of Florida’s waters. It is easier to prevent pollution, than it is to restore natural habitat.

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: GreenGoingForward: The Lake Apopka Environmental Justice Community

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQOHqR09EOw

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Asa Aarons' Poverty in America: Lake Apopka 2

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJQWyNkOBdA

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Asa Aarons' Poverty in America: Lake Apopka 3

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtJ48_OcoTc

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Out of the Muck: Geraldine's Story

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Xb3I9O9NQ

Description: Ten years after the closing of the Lake Apopka Farms due to rampant pollution, a community of forgotten farmorkers, led by community activist Geraldean Matthew, continues to fight for health care and a cleaner environment.

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Asa Aarons' Poverty in America: Lake Apopka 1

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgUH8RgtteU

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Subject:   Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases Social justice Environmental justice

Title: Organochlorine Pesticide Exposure in Residents near Lake Apopka

URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02530814/

Description: Organochlorine pesticides (OCps) were sprayed on farmlands in order to control pest and improve crop harvest. There is some evidence that certain OCPs can cause or exacerbate medical problems. In this research study researchers test the blood from farmworkers who reside in the lake Apopka area through the years of 1940 to late 1970.

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Subject:   organochlorine compounds pesticides Agricultural laborers--United States Agricultural laborers--Florida Agricultural laborers--Diseases

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