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Protect Yourself with Integrated Pest Management

Posted by Suzette Smiley-Jewell on November 15, 2016
University of California Integrated Pest Management (UC IPM) program. IPM provides scientifically based information on how to effectively deal with pests whether they are natural or exotic or in urban, agricultural, wildland or natural areas.

Students Study Effects of Ag Particulate Matter Exposure

Posted by Suzette Smiley-Jewell on October 31, 2016
This issue highlights three students who have worked with WCAHS Associate Director, Dr. Kent Pinkerton, to better understand how exposure to California agricultural particulate matter contributes to allergic airway inflammation.
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Biosolarization team in the field

Simmons Studies Alternative to Soil Fumigation

Posted by Suzette Smiley-Jewell on October 31, 2016

WCAHS welcomes new investigator Dr. Christopher Simmons to the research team. Simmons, an Assistant Professor in the UC Davis Department of Food Science and Technology, will be conducting a study on biosolarization as an alternative technology to soil fumigation. Soil fumigants are used to kill nematodes, weeds, bacteria, fungi, and insects that damage crops. Here, he talks about his research.

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Farmworkers putting stakes up in field on summer day

Adjusting to Work in the Heat: Why Acclimatization Matters

Posted by Suzette Smiley-Jewell on June 15, 2016
A good heat illness prevention plan takes into account the need for more breaks, a cool place to rest, the availability of fluids, and the careful allotment of time for a worker to become fully adjusted or acclimatized to the heat.
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How Healthy is Your California Neighborhood?

Posted by Suzette Smiley-Jewell on May 18, 2016
You can easily find out using CalEnviroScreen, an online environmental health screening tool that scores each of the state’s 8000 census tracks for pollution burden and population characteristics.
Heat Illness Prevention Trivia Wheel

WCAHS Celebrates California Ag Day 2016

Posted by Suzette Smiley-Jewell on April 29, 2016
WCAHS celebrated California Ag Day 2016 at the State Capitol on March 16th. California Ag Day is an annual event that celebrates the amazing diversity and productivity of California agriculture and the people who work in it. 

2014 Strategic Planning Retreat Success

Posted by Suzette Smiley-Jewell on October 03, 2014
The Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (WCAHS) successfully hosted its 2014 Strategic Planning Retreat last week at UC Davis.
Fruit being harvested at Rominger Farm

Life of a WCAHS Student Researcher: Heat Illness Study

Posted by Leslie Olivares on September 04, 2014
Eddie and his co-workers have been working throughout the summer season on CA farms to better understand how to prevent heat illness associated with farm work. Data collected includes the internal temperature of participants as they work, how much water they drink, and on-site weather conditions.
Farmworkers using ergonomic ladder designs to harvest tree fruit

Small Changes Can Make Big Impact with Ladders

Posted by Suzette Smiley-Jewell on August 22, 2014
Professor Fadi Fathallah, engineer Victor Duraj, and others at the UC Agricultural Ergonomics Research Center (UC AERC) are continuing their earlier work funded by NIOSH Community Partners for Healthy Farming Intervention that showed some workers who harvest peaches and nectarines prefer a ladder with shorter spacing between steps.
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