“Ag-Gag” Laws: Evolution, Resurgence, and Public Health Implications

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• Personal Author:
  Ceryes CA ; Heaney CD
• Description:
  The term "ag-gag" refers to state laws that intentionally limit public access to information about agricultural production practices, particularly livestock production. Originally created in the 1990s, these laws have recently experienced a resurgence in state legislatures. We discuss the recent history of ag-gag laws in the United States and question whether such ag-gag laws create a "chilling effect" on reporting and investigation of occupational health, community health, and food safety concerns related to industrial food animal production. We conclude with a discussion of the role of environmental and occupational health professionals to encourage critical evaluation of how ag-gag laws might influence the health, safety, and interests of day-to-day agricultural laborers and the public living proximal to industrial food animal production. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animal Husbandry Animals Livestock Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Agricultural Processes Agricultural Worker Health Animal Husbandry Author Keywords: Animal Feeding Operations Community-based Participatory Research Environmental Justice Industrial Food Animal Production Legislation Livestock Industry Occupational Health Worker Health And Safety Worker Safety

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• ISSN:
  1048-2911
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059942
• Citation:
  New Solut 2019 Feb; 28(4):664-682
• Contact Point Address:
  Caitlin A. Ceryes, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, 615 North Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
• Email:
  Cdanie24@jhmi.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223995/cdc_223995_DS1.pdf
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