New Spanish Language Pesticide Safety Education Video Available

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“El Terror Invisible: Pesticide Safety for North Carolina” is a new Spanish

language pesticide safety education video developed by health researchers

and health educators at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

This video has three segments – one each dealing with basic pesticide safety

for fieldworkers, being a pesticide handler, and green tobacco sickness.

Seguridad con pesticidas: Riesgos de los pesticidas y el terror invisible

(Safety with Pesticides: Pesticide Risk and the Invisible Terror).

This 27 minute section provides the basic pesticide safety information

required for field workers to meet US-EPA Worker Protection Standard.

It also includes additional information on home pesticide safety.

Manipulador ¿Qué significa ser un manipulador de pesticidas?

(Pesticide Handler: What’s Important to be a Pesticide Handler).

In combination with Safety with Pesticides, this 17.5 minute section provides

an introduction to the US-EPA requirements for pesticide handlers and applicators.

El monstruo verde: Enfermedad del tabaco verde (The Green Monster: Green

Tobacco Sickness). This 9 minute section informs workers about

the causes, symptoms and prevention of green tobacco sickness.

Unlike other videos, “Pesticide Safety for North Carolina” was developed

and produced in Spanish, rather than recorded in English and translated.

The language used by the characters reflects the normal language of Latino

migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Other special features of the video

include an emphasis on exposure to pesticide residues on crops as a major

route of exposure among field worker; addressing the health beliefs of

Latino workers, such as Hot-Cold Theory; and encouraging workers to take

control of workplace safety and to solve safety problems by devising their

own solutions and working with their employers.

This video has several special features to maintain audience interest

and promote learning. It has an absorbing story line in which a Spanish-speaking

designated trainer helps his co-workers review pesticide safety.

There is action and humor. Graphic characters, “El Terror Invisible”

for pesticide residue and “El Monstruo Verde” for green tobacco sickness,

help the viewer remember the core safety messages. The information presented

focuses on key safety issues without overwhelming the viewer with details.

The video was produced by Tom Arcury, Sara Quandt, Chan Lane, Tony Marin,

and Pamela Rao, all with Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Major funding for the video came from the Pesticide Environmental Trust

Fund, Pesticide Board, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer

Services. Additional funding came from Syngenta, Inc., Aventis CropScience,

Inc., the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Grants R21/R01

ES08739), and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

(Grant R01 OH03648).

The initial 500 copies of the video are being distributed at no cost

to county health departments, migrant health clinics, other farmworker

health and service providers, and county cooperative extension offices

in North Carolina. While the title of the video makes reference to

North Carolina, the content of the video should make it useful throughout

the Southeast and Eastern Migrant Stream.

Additional copies of the video are available for $15 to cover reproduction,

handling and postage. If you or your colleagues would like copies

of the video, please contact Ms. Leah McGrady.

Ms. Leah McGrady

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084

e-mail: lmcgrady@....

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I loved the video - good job!

Deb N

Tarcury@... wrote:

“El Terror Invisible: Pesticide Safety for North

Carolina” is a new Spanish language pesticide safety education video developed

by health researchers and health educators at Wake Forest University School

of Medicine. This video has three segments – one each dealing with

basic pesticide safety for fieldworkers, being a pesticide handler, and

green tobacco sickness.

Seguridad con pesticidas: Riesgos de los pesticidas y el terror invisible

(Safety with Pesticides: Pesticide Risk and the Invisible Terror).

This 27 minute section provides the basic pesticide safety information

required for field workers to meet US-EPA Worker Protection Standard.

It also includes additional information on home pesticide safety.

Manipulador ¿Qué significa ser un manipulador de pesticidas?

(Pesticide Handler: What’s Important to be a Pesticide Handler).

In combination with Safety with Pesticides, this 17.5 minute section provides

an introduction to the US-EPA requirements for pesticide handlers and applicators.

El monstruo verde: Enfermedad del tabaco verde (The Green Monster: Green

Tobacco Sickness). This 9 minute section informs workers about

the causes, symptoms and prevention of green tobacco sickness.

Unlike other videos, “Pesticide Safety for North Carolina” was developed

and produced in Spanish, rather than recorded in English and translated.

The language used by the characters reflects the normal language of Latino

migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Other special features of the video

include an emphasis on exposure to pesticide residues on crops as a major

route of exposure among field worker; addressing the health beliefs of

Latino workers, such as Hot-Cold Theory; and encouraging workers to take

control of workplace safety and to solve safety problems by devising their

own solutions and working with their employers.

This video has several special features to maintain audience interest

and promote learning. It has an absorbing story line in which a Spanish-speaking

designated trainer helps his co-workers review pesticide safety.

There is action and humor. Graphic characters, “El Terror Invisible”

for pesticide residue and “El Monstruo Verde” for green tobacco sickness,

help the viewer remember the core safety messages. The information presented

focuses on key safety issues without overwhelming the viewer with details.

The video was produced by Tom Arcury, Sara Quandt, Chan Lane, Tony Marin,

and Pamela Rao, all with Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Major funding for the video came from the Pesticide Environmental Trust

Fund, Pesticide Board, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer

Services. Additional funding came from Syngenta, Inc., Aventis CropScience,

Inc., the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Grants R21/R01

ES08739), and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

(Grant R01 OH03648).

The initial 500 copies of the video are being distributed at no cost

to county health departments, migrant health clinics, other farmworker

health and service providers, and county cooperative extension offices

in North Carolina. While the title of the video makes reference to

North Carolina, the content of the video should make it useful throughout

the Southeast and Eastern Migrant Stream.

Additional copies of the video are available for $15 to cover reproduction,

handling and postage. If you or your colleagues would like copies

of the video, please contact Ms. Leah McGrady.

Ms. Leah McGrady

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084

e-mail: lmcgrady@....

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