New study highlights the impact of extreme heat on workplace injuries and supports calls for national safety standards
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Biden Administration, Workers Grapple with Health Threats Posed by Climate Change and Heat
Surging temperatures across the West Coast this summer are exposing another way that the changing climate threatens the country’s future: the danger it poses to workers, particularly those who work outside and in warehouses. The issue has become such a concern that the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has put a new heat… Continue reading Biden Administration, Workers Grapple with Health Threats Posed by Climate Change and Heat