Ceryes Caitlin A, Heaney Christopher D
1 Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
2 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
New Solut. 2019 Feb;28(4):664-682. doi: 10.1177/1048291118808788. Epub 2018 Nov 19.
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.
“反制农业曝光法”(ag - gag)这一术语指的是一些州法律,这些法律故意限制公众获取有关农业生产实践,特别是畜牧生产的信息。这些法律最初在20世纪90年代制定,最近在州立法机构中再度兴起。我们讨论了美国反制农业曝光法的近期历史,并质疑此类反制农业曝光法是否会对与工业化食用动物生产相关的职业健康、社区健康和食品安全问题的报告及调查产生“寒蝉效应”。最后,我们讨论了环境与职业健康专业人员在鼓励批判性评估反制农业曝光法如何影响日常农业劳动者以及居住在工业化食用动物生产附近的公众的健康、安全和利益方面所起的作用。