“If you eat produce, this issue affects you,” said Eva Longoria in an interview with HuffPost LatinoVoices.
Longoria explains how many children die from heat exhaustion and lack of water. They are also constantly working in toxic environment. She said that even though the pesticide level was lowered, the level is suitable for a 160 pound person. “So if you are a child in the field you are exposed to 2 to 3 times as much as you are supposed to,” Longoria said.
The psychological effects are also most detrimental to their success, she said.
“These children don’t have an answer to ‘What do you want to do when you grow up?’ They feel like they don’t have any other options because they are stuck in the cycle of poverty,” Longoria stresses.
The DVD is now on sale from Cinema Libre Studio
Twitter: @theharvestdoc
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theharvestfilm
Read the full article on Huffington Post : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/eva-longoria-on-producing-new-documentary-the-harvest-la-cosecha_n_1016377.html