Agricultural health and safety

DEOHS MS student, Lilian Liu was awarded the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies' 2021-22 Washington State Labor Research Grant for the study, "Assessing Stakeholder Engagement in Labor Policy: T

This report examines the lifecycle of hatchery salmon and the development of a robust health and safety culture within WDFW. The study underscores the ecological and cultural significance of salmon in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and addresses the challenges posed by their declining populations.

Background: At their peak in July, four agricultural sectors total more than 107,000 agricultural workers in Washington, meaning that there are thousands of people who can be impacted by improved leadership.

Communities across the western United States experience hazardous smoke exposures from multiple fire sources. As wildfires become more frequent and severe, smoke exposures stemming from these fires are also worsening. Prescribed burning is a promising forest management strategy that can mitigate future wildfire risk, but also contributes to biomass burning emissions and human exposure impacts.

Laws permitting growth and possession of cannabis for medicinal and recreational use are currently changing rapidly in the United States (U.S.) and internationally. (Carliner et al., 2017; Caulkins et al., 2018; Mahamad and Hammond, 2019) While cultivation and use of cannabis is still considered illegal by the U.S. federal government, multiple U.S.