Farmworkers plagued by pesticides, red tape

By Ronnie Greene

Pesticides endanger farmworkers, but thin layers of government protect them and no one knows the full scope of the perils in the fields.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Southern Migrant Legal Services":

"… orrible. It’s dysfunctional,” said Caitlin Berberich, an attorney with Southern Migrant Legal Services, a Nashville nonprofit that provides free legal services to farmworkers in …"

"… e & Bakery and the Newport Plain Talk newspaper.In July 2010, aided by Southern Migrant Legal Services, the laborers complained to the pesticides administrator of the Tennessee …"

"… 06. A short time later, she reached out to attorney Melody Fowler-Green of Southern Migrant Legal Services about another matter, involving immigration. Later, the worker mentioned h …"

"… me of the pesticide that was applied.”Advocates wage longshot campaigns. Southern Migrant Legal Services has four lawyers handling farmworker cases in six states.Yet the federal W …"