Speaker
Brenda Eskenazi, PhD, professor emeritus and director, Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health (CERCH) at UC Berkeley
Abstract
This talk will cover the trajectory and impactful findings from the CHAMACOS cohort. In 1999, the CHAMACOS study was initiated as a longitudinal birth cohort study of mothers and their children living in the agricultural Salinas Valley in California. These primarily Latino farmworker families have been followed since then to study their exposures to environmental toxicants, including agrochemicals, as well as social factors. The mental, intellectual, and physical health of the children and now of the mothers as they age has also been examined in relation to their community and home environments. Most recently, the impact of COVID-19 in this farmworker community was also assessed. The CHAMACOS longitudinal birth cohort study provides a unique window into the health and wellbeing of farmworker families in the US, including those with undocumented members. Findings from this work have led to significant and impactful changes in state and federal policies to protect children’s health, including the phasing out of a highly neurotoxic pesticide.
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