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Heat News
- 11/07/2018 Southeast Agnet (FL): Expert Researchers Meet to Discuss Science Related to Heat Stress
- 10/19/2018 New York Daily News: As temperatures rise, advocates fear heat’s effects on Florida’s farm and construction workers
- 10/09/2018 AgDaily: New technology prevents heat illness for farm workers
- 09/26/2018 BloombergQuint: On the Trail of a Deadly Disease That Cuts Down Farmworkers in Their Prime
- 09/25/2018 KIMA CB S 29: Central Washington State Fair honors farm workers with new exhibit
- 09/19/2018 Occupational Health and Safety: Petition Backs National Heat Protection Standard
- 09/18/2018 Yubanet: As Climate Heats Up, Public Calls for Worker Protections From Heat. ufw & heat news
- 09/18/2018 Marketplace.org: Heat exposure can be deadly for farm workers. Now, advocates are asking the feds to step in
- 09/12/2018 Huffpost: Climate Change Isn’t Just Making It Difficult For Farmworkers. It’s Putting Their Lives In Danger.
- 09/05/2018 Ocala StarBanner (FL): When the workplace is outside, keeping cool is a hot topic
- 09/04/2018 Union of Concerned Scientists: Heat Waves and Climate Change: What the Science Tells Us about Extreme Heat Events (2018)
- 09/02/2018 Gainesville Sun (FL): National group pushes to protect heat-exposed workers
- 09/01/2018 Quartz: Extreme heat is killing America’s farm workers
- 08/27/2018 Nexus Media: Extreme Heat Is Killing Farm Workers. The Government Doesn’t Have a Plan to Protect Them. (VIDEO)
- 08/24/2018 Mother Jones: Farmworkers Are Dying from Extreme Heat
- 08/20/2018 High Country News: California’s farmworkers face illness and death in the fields
- 08/03/2018 Street Roots News: The hands that feed us
- 07/18/2018 EcoWatch: Protect Workers From Extreme Heat, Advocates Urge OSHA
- 07/17/2018 NY Daily News: Put the heat on the feds: OSHA must do more to protect workers from rising temperatures
- 07/17/2018 Remarks by UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez on National Heat Stress Campaign teleconference, July 17, 2018
- 04/23/2018 Scientific American: Precarious Life of Texas Farmworkers Becomes Riskier with Warming
- 08/08/2017 The Nation: Over 3000 New Yorkers Could Die From Summer Heat Each Year by 2080
- 06/26/2017 California Ag Today: Heat Wave Puts Renewed Focus on Worker Safety
- 06/22/2017 Stockton Record (CA): Searing temperatures pose risks for farmworkers
- 06/16/2017 KWEQ (CA): High temperatures affecting local workers outside