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Climate Change Exacerbates Health Risks to Farmworkers

New report from the Union of Concerned Scientists includes

“While pesticide exposure and heat stress conditions each already represent a threat to farmworkers’ health, climate change promises to compound these threats.”

“A growing body of research shows that heat stress increases the human body’s susceptibility to pesticides and other toxicants, magnifying the potential for both acute and long-term health effects”