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As farmworkers face longer, hotter harvest seasons, their risk of heat-related illness grows (whyy.org)
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Agricultural workers in the U.S. are 35 times more likely to die from heat-related stress than people working in any other field.

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[โ€“] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I doubt they are all farmers, most of them are just employed to work in those conditions

[โ€“] budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

The word "farmers" is widely used to refer to Kulaks (people who own farm land, but employ others to do most of the hands-on work of farming it) as well as the farm workers themselves.