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A major new workplace safety initiative targets dangerous heat on the job, but what about chronic heat exposure?

  • Written by Lynée Turek-Hankins, Ph.D. Student in Environmental Science & Policy, University of Miami
A major new workplace safety initiative targets dangerous heat on the job, but what about chronic heat exposure?Constructions workers in warm climates are often exposed to dangerous heat.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The summer of 2021 was devilishly hot across much of the U.S. Just five minutes in an attic guest room with no air conditioning could be enough to leave a person drenched in sweat and lightheaded, as one of us discovered during a heat wave in...

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