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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

Coverage:   North America--United States--Florida,  North America--United States--Florida--Apopka

Date:   2006-present

Language:   English

Collector:   Rollins College Archives and Special Collections

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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

Creator:   Lopez, Ashley

Source:   The Florida Independent

Date:   2011

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

Creator:   Lopez, Ashley

Source:   The Florida Independent

Date:   2011

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