ArticleJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2025
Heat Exposure, Rest Breaks, Dehydration, and Heat-Related Illness Among Agricultural Workers in Florida Summer Heat.
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- Occupational heat exposure and chronic kidney disease risk under climate warming: a retrospective cohort study of petrochemical workers with mechanistic insights.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Article
- Heat-related symptom profiles among construction workers: a latent class analysis of behavioral and workplace factors.Journal of occupational health · 2026Article
- Mesoamerican nephropathy: A silent epidemic at the nexus of climate, labor, and health.AIMS public health · 2026Article
- The impacts of climate change on occupational health and work among outdoor workers: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
As the earth's temperatures rise, heat is killing workers. This study of 115 agricultural workers in Florida's hot summers examines heat exposures, working conditions, dehydration, and lack of federal heat protection standards. In the summer, the median heat index in Florida, reflecting temperature and humidity, was 95°F. Some agricultural workers worked in a heat index as high as 131°F. The workers had only two daily breaks, on average, significantly less than the federal recommendations. They drank about a third of the recommended beverage consumption, and 66% finished the workday dehydrated. Over the three summer data-collection days, 11% (29) of study participants experienced one or more serious heat-related illness symptoms on the 260 individual data collection days. This study shows that, contrary to the industry's claim, voluntary worker heat protections are not followed, demonstrating the need for enforceable, required heat protections as planetary warming creates unsustainable risks for outdoor workers.
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