Current Issues Affecting the Health and Safety of Underserved Occupational Populations in the US and Abroad

CME/MOC: 1.5
TRACK: Other

Bruce Goldstein, JD, Farmworker Justice, Washington, DC
Rafael Y. Lefkowitz, MD, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 
Scott Morris, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Valley Medical Center of the University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Michael O’Malley, MD, University of California, California Department of Pesticide Regulations, Davis, CA
Molly Tran, MD, MPH, MA, FACOEM, State University of New York-Downstate School of Public Health, Brookly, NY

This session will explore current issues affecting the health and safety of different underserved occupational populations in the US and abroad. It will also review some of the relevant legal and regulatory changes faced by this marginalized group of workers. Additional populations will include those caught up in human trafficking and bicycle transportation workers. Clinical, toxicological, regulatory, and legislative issues involving pesticide monitoring and skin cancer will also be addressed. This session was organized by the Underserved Occupational Populations Special Interest Section.