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Coverage dated August 26, 2023

Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US

Headline from WDIO Duluth

State and federal agencies are scrambling to find measures to combat what experts call one of the harshest and most neglected effects of climate change in the U.S.: rising heat deaths and injuries of people who work in triple-digit temperatures.

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  1. WDIO Duluth

    Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    State and federal agencies are scrambling to find measures to combat what experts call one of the harshest and most neglected effects of climate change in the U.S.: rising heat deaths and injuries of people who work in triple-digit temperatures.

  2. CBS 19 Tyler

    Heat deaths and injuries: workers are exposed to triple digit temperatures with no uniform protection (opens CBS 19 Tyler)

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    State and federal agencies are scrambling to find measures to combat what experts call one of the harshest and most neglected effects of climate change in the U.S.

  3. The Columbian

    Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the U.S. (opens The Columbian)

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    RENO, Nev. — Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting despite a bout of heatstroke while cutting sugarcane in Mexico and chronic laryngitis from repeated exposure to t

  4. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US

  5. Voice of America

    US Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Found to Have No Consistent Protection (opens Voice of America)

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    State and federal agencies are scrambling to find measures to combat what experts call one of the harshest and most neglected effects of climate change in the United States

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