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Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US

extreme heat, workers, Arizona, California, Nevada, Hobbs

A maintenance worker pushes a refuse cart in the sun on Aug. 25, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil)

Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting despite a bout of heatstroke while cutting sugarcane in Mexico and chronic laryngitis from repeated exposure...

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