15 detasselers need medical treatment after being exposed to herbicide
My first job (besides babysitting) was detasseling corn in the Midwest. I was 13 years old and had just graduated the 8th grade. The hours were long, days hot as hell and the pay pretty bad. I was sick as a dog after the first day and passed out (literally) on the machine. That was enough for me to say no no no. Never again. Now, just last week, 15 corn detasselers came into contact with dangerous herbicide on a farm, north of Conrad, in central Iowa. The victims were taken to Central Iowa Healthcare as a precaution, where...
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