The massive story
The hunt to guard farmworkers from excessive warmth
October 2024
On July 21, 2024, temperatures soared in lots of elements of the world, breaking the file for the most well liked day ever recorded on the planet.
The next day—July 22—the file was damaged once more.
However at the same time as the warmth index rises every summer time, the folks working open air to choose fruits, greens, and flowers must maintain laboring.
The implications will be extreme, resulting in sicknesses resembling warmth exhaustion, heatstroke and even acute kidney harm.
Now, researchers are creating an revolutionary sensor that tracks a number of important indicators with a aim of anticipating when a employee is vulnerable to creating warmth sickness and issuing an alert. If broadly adopted and persistently used, it might signify a method to make staff safer on farms even with out important warmth protections. Learn the total story.
—Kalena Thomhave
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