This Year’s Danger Season Is Over, but Risks to Farmworkers Remain
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Between 1992 and 2017, at least 815 farmworker deaths have been attributed to heat. In the absence of a federal heat standard, hundreds of thousands of farmworkers remain without protection. Data have shown that farmworkers die of heat-related causes at a rate 20 times greater than other professions. Extreme weather brings new threats.
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