%0 Journal Article
%T ˇ°Ag
%A Caitlin A. Ceryes
%A Christopher D. Heaney
%J NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
%@ 1541-3772
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1048291118808788
%X The term ˇ°ag-gagˇ± 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 ˇ°chilling effectˇ± 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
%K animal feeding operations
%K worker health and safety
%K agricultural worker health
%K environmental justice
%K industrial food animal production
%K community-based participatory research
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1048291118808788