Wednesday, December 06, 2023

49 is the average Life Expectancy of a Farmworker Today...

"Several researchers have concluded that farmworkers would be physically a lot healthier over the long term if they stayed in Mexico. They leave the worst of the Third World when they come to the U.S., and they encounter the worst of the First World when they become FWs in corporate agribusiness. The longer they’re in California, the sicker they get. A life of poverty, poor nutrition, overwork, agrochemical exposure, lack of access to health care and other factors ultimately takes its toll." < p dir="ltr">Get Informed — Center for Farmworker Families

https://farmworkerfamily.org/information#:~:text=There%20are%20an%20estimated%2010%2C000,farmworkers%20is%20only%2049%20years.

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