Farmworkers / construction / all workers could be prevented from heatstroke / kidney damage / death
By Hicbd
Wed Aug 16 2023 1:51 pm
"Agricultural workers are 35 times more likely to die of heat than other workers, followed by construction workers, who are 14 times more likely to die of heat stress than others...Preliminary studies indicate that electrolytes could help. In the absence of legal protections, Chicas is educating workers about additional measures they can take — for instance, wearing cooling bandannas or cooling vests to lower their body temperature and taking breaks in the shade before their body temperature spins out of control...In mid-August, she will start testing a new biopatch on construction workers. The sensor on the patch that workers wear on their chest can send alerts when the core body temperature rises critically or when other alarming signals indicate heat stress."
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