ArticleEnvironmental research letters : ERL [Web site]2020
Work Adaptations Insufficient to Address Growing Heat Risk for U.S. Agricultural Workers.
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- Dissemination of Heat Safety Practices Among Florida Farmworker Crews.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Heat exposure, heat strain, and off-work recovery of Guatemalan sugarcane workers.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025Article
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- Climate Change and Health Risk Perceptions of Arkansas Small Farmers through the Application of the Health Belief Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Analysis of Exertion-Related Injuries and Fatalities in Laborers in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Contrasting impacts of dry versus humid heat on US corn and soybean yields.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- High-Heat Days and Presentations to Emergency Departments in Regional Victoria, Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The over one million agricultural workers in the United States (U.S.) are amongst the populations most vulnerable to the health impacts of extreme heat. Climate change will further increase this vulnerability. Here we estimate the magnitude and spatial patterns of the growing heat exposure and health risk faced by U.S. crop workers and assess the effect of workplace adaptations on mitigating that risk. We find that the average number of days spent working in unsafe conditions will double by mid-century, and, without mitigation, triple by the end of it. Increases in rest time and the availability of climate-controlled recovery areas can eliminate this risk but could affect farm productivity, farm worker earnings, and/or labor costs much more than alternative measures. Safeguarding the health and well-being of U.S. crop workers will therefore require systemic change beyond the worker and workplace level.
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