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.
, but there is no federal heat standard that ensures their health and safety.
"There’s no escaping it," he said of the exposure to the elements over the 20 years he’s been in the industry. "No matter if you’re, you know, covered from head to toe in like the best-ventilated clothing or wearing the hats and all that, or in a T-shirt or anything, it’s going to be hot no matter what."The daily highs are an indication that climate change is reaching uncharted territory, scientists say.
Climate change makes extreme heat more likely and more intense. Farm work is particularly dangerous because workers raise their internal body temperature by moving, lifting and walking at the same time they’re exposed to high heat and humidity, said Dr. Jonathan Patz, chair of health and the environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
If workers don’t take breaks to get out of the sun, drink water and rest, they can experience nausea, vomiting, dehydration, muscle cramps and more — all the symptoms of a fever without any infection, said Roxana Chicas, an assistant professor in the nursing school at Emory University in Atlanta.
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