Farm workers and their families are exposed to pesticides from the crops they work. The soil the cropsare grown in. Drift from sprays applied to adjoining fields-and often to the very field where they areworking.The fields that surround their homes are heavily and repeatedly sprayed. Pesticides pollute irrigationwater and groundwater.Children are still a big part of the labor force. Or they are taken to the fields by their parents becausethere is no child care.

Felipe's mother, Ramona, worked in the grapes near Delano until she was in her eighth month ofpregnancy. She was exposed to Captan, known to cause birth defects and one of the pesticides ourgrape boycott seeks to ban

His parents, Juan and Elia, are farm workers. Like all grape workers, they are exposed to pesticidesand other agricultural chemicals. Elia worked in the table grapes around Delano, California until shewas eight months pregnant with Johnn

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