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
Constructions workers in warm climates are often exposed to dangerous heat.Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe 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...
