A CROP worker recorded Cole's evidence and told him that the information would "contribute to national policy".
Differences between the crop worker groups are seen in the concentrations of azinphos-methyl residue in the dust samples (Table 5).
The mother (a migrant crop worker) reported having had an uneventful pregnancy, labor, and delivery, except for having been bitten by 2 ticks at 8 months' gestation while picking crops in New Jersey.
The government estimates that more than 80% of America's crop workers are Hispanic (mostly Mexican), and more than half are illegal aliens.
According to a 2010 report by Southern Poverty Law Center, the average personal income for female crop workers was $11,250 (compared with $16,250 for male crop workers).
Kevin Costner plays real-life coach Jim White in Disney's McFarland USA, the story of a group of teenage "pickers" (crop workers) who became California state cross-country champions.
Most of the land that drugs are grown on is technically owned by the army, but those who own the land in the eyes of local tribal law take half the crop, workers take the rest.
The Department of Homeland Security defines farm workers as agricultural workers, but other agencies consider them farm workers, crop workers, or agricultural workers.
The percentages of cherry, grape, hop, and other crop workers who had also worked in apples were 80.8, 69.5, 62.0, and 61.9%, respectively.
An investigation of a 2006 Californian heatwave found significantly elevated rates of hospitalisation and ED rates for cardiac-related illness in people from Latino/Hispanic backgrounds, and the authors postulated that this could be due to occupational heat exposures in crop workers (19).
For example, we found significantly increased rates of ED visits and hospitalizations for cardiac-related illnesses statewide (acute MI and cardiovascular disease cause codes) only among Latinos/Hispanics, which could be related to occupational heat exposures among Latino/Hispanic crop workers (Luginbuhl et al. 2008).
