English: June 23 @ 1pm (EST) / Español: 25 de junio @ 1pm (EST) | This webinar discusses strategies to best protect workers from exposure.

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It’s Your Right to Know:
Helping Community Health Workers Promote Chemical Safety at Work
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
10:00 AM (PST) / 1:00 PM (ET)
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Webinar available in Spanish
Thursday, June 25, 2020
10:00 AM (PST) / 1:00 PM (ET)
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Arturo was cleaning the kitchen floor of a restaurant after his work shift one day and combined two of the cleaning solutions to save time. Little did he know, the mixture of the two cleaning products produced a chemical combination that became life-threatening. As he started to scrub, Arturo began to feel nausea, difficulty breathing, a tight chest, and a sharp, burning pain all over his skin. Some of his co-workers noticed his condition and brought him to the hospital, where he later died. Thirteen other workers and customers were sickened by the chemical exposure and were hospitalized before the restaurant was cleared and ventilated.

Workers use tens of thousands of chemicals every day. While many of these chemicals are suspected of being harmful, only a small number are regulated in the workplace and workers suffer both poisonings and long-term health effects due to chemical exposures on the job. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration estimates that each year workers suffer more than 190,000 illnesses and 50,000 deaths related to chemical exposures. Workplace chemical exposures have been linked to cancers, and other lung, kidney, skin, heart, stomach, brain, nerve, and reproductive diseases. All workers have the right to know about the chemicals they work with and community health workers can be an important source of information and support for workers. This webinar discusses how workers are exposed, the possible resulting health effects of exposure, and strategies to help workers best protect themselves.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to…
* Recognize how workers are exposed to chemicals on the job and the health effects.
* Describe basic safety practices when working around disinfectants and other chemicals.
* Understand the role of Community Health Workers in helping workers prevent chemical exposure.

Speakers
In English
Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA

Amy K. Liebman has devoted her career to improving the safety and health of disenfranchised populations. Since 1999, she has served as Director of Environmental and Occupational Health at Migrant Clinicians Network, where she has established nationally recognized initiatives to improve the health and safety of immigrant workers and their families. She oversees programs ranging from integrating occupational and environmental medicine into primary care to designing worker safety interventions. Her programs have won several awards including the 2008 EPA Children’s Environmental Health Champion Award and the 2015 National Safety Council Research Collaboration Award. In 2011, Liebman received the Lorin Kerr Award, an APHA/Occupational Health and Safety Section honor recognizing public health professionals for their dedication and sustained efforts to improve the lives of workers. She is a past Chair of APHA’s Occupational Health and Safety.
En español
Alma Galván, MHC

Alma Galván es Asesora Principal de Programas en MCN. Bicultural y bilingüe, la Sra. Galván ha dedicado décadas de trabajo a las necesidades de salud de los residentes fronterizos en México / EE.UU., en una amplia gama de problemas de salud pública y ambiental, incluyendo prevención de drogas, competencia cultural, agua y saneamiento y desarrollo de programas comunitarios para poblaciones vulnerables, incluyendo los indígenas. Ha colaborado con MCN desde 1999 en nuestras guías de capacitación para trabajadores de salud comunitarios y el libro cómico sobre pesticidas titulado, Poco Veneno ... ¿No Mata? La Sra. Galván tiene experiencia en desarrollo comunitario, asistencia técnica y evaluación de programas de capacitación, así como desarrollo planes de estudio. Ella ha sido una líder internacional en el modelo de trabajadores de salud comunitarios / promotores de salud para impactar la salud de las poblaciones vulnerables.
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