ResilienceU.S. Department of Agriculture/Flickr/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Heat is a mortal threat to farmworkers. A nurse may have found a way to protect them. Educating field workers to listen to their bodies can help save lives as the climate grows warmer.
Politicswww.flickr.com As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers? This year, Oregon adopted the most stringent heat protections for outdoor workers in the country. The new standard has been praised by advocates, but industry is already pushing back.