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Community-Based Project will Research the Impacts of Cleaning Supplies on Latinx Domestic Workers

Lack of health insurance, coupled with harmful chemical products, only serve to create a potentially life-threatening work environment.

Community-Based Project will  Research the Impacts of Cleaning Supplies on Latinx Domestic Workers

Community-Based Project will Research the Impacts of Cleaning Supplies on Latinx Domestic Workers

Lack of health insurance, coupled with harmful chemical products, only serve to create a potentially life-threatening work environment.

Community-Based Project will  Research the Impacts of Cleaning Supplies on Latinx Domestic Workers

Queens College, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Make The Road NY, are collaborating on the Safe & Just Cleaning/Limpieza Sana y Justa Project––a five year, community-based participatory research study on the health implications of cleaning product usage among domestic cleaners. Around 400 immigrants of Latinx descent are the subjects of surveyal and will be given a $30 gift card for participation. 

According to the Economic Policy Institute, domestic workers are much more likely to live in poverty compared to those in other industries––leaving themselves vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Because they…

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