Wrath of Grapes, 1986

Item — video: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A documentary about pesticide contamination and its effects on workers as well as consumers:

Discussion of practices by companies that don't follow regulations and go as far as hiring thugs to break up unions.
300,000 farmworkers poisoned annually, no warnings are posted after pesticides are used.
Children of farm workers are often affected through birth defects or poisoning if their mothers were working while pregnant.
Residue of the pesticides is still sometimes on produce in supermarkets.
Pesticide also gets into water supplies as well as the air, hurting neighboring communities.
11 children in the small town of McFarland have cancer, another small town, Fowler, has a population of only 3000 and 7 children have cancer.

Dates

1986

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.