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A forestry worker show applying herbicides with a backpack sprayer and wand.

Language justice: pesticide labels and safety in Spanish

A bilingual solution for forestry applicators - making pesticide safety training accessible.

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Celebrating our students

One of the primary goals of the PNASH Center is to provide opportunities for student research and mentorship. Every year, the PNASH Center is fortunate to have talented and passionate students involved in our research.

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Farmworker drinking water

Turning down the heat for agricultural workers

Heat illness is a serious concern for agriculture workers, but Erica Chavez Santos and the HEAT team are working to turn down the temperature of this serious health and safety risk.

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A young boy in a gray sweater breathes into a device measuring lung function, and a woman next to him in a black sweater demonstrates how to breathe while checking a computer monitor.

Fighting children's asthma at home

Indoor air cleaners and education reduced symptoms and hospital visits for rural children with asthma, according to UW study

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Responding to COVID-19

PNASH is compiling resources for our partners in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska, including materials in Spanish. Conditions are changing constantly. Check back regularly.

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Nothing about us without us

DEOHS and other UW researchers team up with Washington farmworkers to make better health accessible to all

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Bilingual app to keep farmworkers safe

First-of-its-kind mobile app developed by DEOHS provides pesticide safety information in Spanish

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Well water safety

In Washington’s Yakima Valley, a DEOHS student taps the power of community to help improve access to safe water

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A man wearing an air mask drives a tractor through an orchard.

When pesticides drift

DEOHS research will inform WA state efforts to protect farmworkers from pesticide exposure

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Sexual harassment in the fields

Farmworker stories and DEOHS research inform new training video to prevent sexual harassment of agricultural workers

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Men fishing

Safety surveillance for pacific northwest fisheries & RISC

Addressing severe injuries common in NW commercial fishing

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