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Poor regulatory safeguards leave farmworkers suffocating in the face of increasing heat waves

A fifth of reported heat-related deaths between 2017 and 2022 were agricultural workers, according to OSHA data. Academics, occupational health specialists, and advocacy groups are calling attention to the under-reported impact of climate change on this group from heatwaves.
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Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth

As Earth this week set and then repeatedly broke unofficial records for average global heat, it served as a reminder of a danger that climate change is making steadily worse for farmworkers and others who labor outside.
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