Washing up with soap and hot water before going home to the children will greatly diminish take-home exposures. Provide laundry services for work clothes. Employers are required to provide laundry services for personal protective equipment. These programs should be expanded to include all work clothes. Educate workers about the health hazards of pesticides.
Educated workers can handle chemicals more safely and protect themselves and their families.
Provide child care. Child care facilities will allow families to work without bringing children into the fields. Do not allow children in or near fields during, and for an ample period of time after, pesticide applications. Reentry intervals must be prolonged to protect children. Preserve adequate spraying buffer zones between fields and housing or schools.