User:Erazo2021/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Earlimart Pesticide Drift (No current article)
 * Article Evaluation: The Earlimart Pesticide drift happened in November 1999 in the town of Earlimart, California. The mist from a weed killing pesticide blew into this San Joaquin Valley town and was exposed to many people. 150 people were forced to evacuate the town and 29 were sent to hospital where they suffered from nausea, headaches, vomiting, etc.
 * Sources
 * https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/organicfood/health/documents/FieldofPoisons2002.pdf
 * https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-15-mn-33887-story.html
 * https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/organicfood/health/documents/FieldofPoisons2002.pdf
 * https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-15-mn-33887-story.html

Option 2

 * Article title: Kings County Drift Exposure, July 1999 (No current article)
 * Article Evaluation: The Kings County Drift exposure case happened in Kings County in July 1999. A group of 25 farm workers began weeding cotton at 5:30 am; however, field adjacent was sprayed with the pesticides chlorpyrifos and mepiquat chloride. Soon after the farm workers began to smell a strong odor and experienced headache, nausea, and shortness of breath.
 * Sources
 * https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/organicfood/health/documents/FieldofPoisons2002.pdf
 * Sources
 * https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/organicfood/health/documents/FieldofPoisons2002.pdf

Option 3

 * Article title: Monterey County Drift Exposure, April 2000 (No current article)
 * Article Evaluation: In April 2000 two cauliflower harvesting crews were exposed to pesticides in Monterey County. These workers were exposed to pesticides due to how a helicopter applied a mixture of oxydemeton-methyl, dimethoate, and tralomethrin to a broccoli field nearby. 23 workers experienced symptoms that coincided with organophosphate pesticide poisoning; these symptoms included headache, nausea, etc.
 * Sources
 * https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/organicfood/health/documents/FieldofPoisons2002.pdf
 * Sources
 * https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/organicfood/health/documents/FieldofPoisons2002.pdf

Option 4

 * Article title: California Pesticide Drift Exposure Response Act (SB 391 Florez-Escutia) (No current article)
 * Article Evaluation: Senate bill 391 or the California Pesticide drift exposure response act was made in order to help those affected by pesticide drift.
 * Sources
 * https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040SB391
 * https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/pur17rep/17sum.htm
 * https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040SB391
 * https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/pur17rep/17sum.htm

Option 5

 * Article title: Teresa De Anda (no current article)
 * Article Evaluation: Teresa De Anda was an advocate for pesticide regulation due to the people that have been negatively affected by the issue of pesticide drift.
 * Sources
 * https://www.kvpr.org/health/2013-12-05/earlimart-pesticide-warrior-honored-for-advocacy
 * https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/resources/sources/teresa-deanda
 * https://www.kvpr.org/health/2013-12-05/earlimart-pesticide-warrior-honored-for-advocacy
 * https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/resources/sources/teresa-deanda