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How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers’ Lives

KFF Health News

“Employee suffers from heat exhaustion while doing landscaping,” said an investigation into the incident from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Laborers have suffered as summers have grown progressively hotter with climate change. ” If they didn’t feel safe, they could change jobs.

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Proposed federal heat rule might have saved these workers’ lives

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Employee suffers from heat exhaustion while doing landscaping,” said an investigation into the incident from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The advocacy organization Public Citizen estimates that as many as 2,000 U.S.

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Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People

KFF Health News

Residents feared the site would not only sink their property values and threaten the environment, but also potentially harm people’s health. Even more, the locations appeared to have been selected in a way that worried civil rights and environmental advocacy groups.