Items Tagged with 'heat illness prevention'

Farm groups and ag labor advocates are keeping a close eye on pending rulemaking that would add federal rulemaking to the conversation surrounding the health of workers in hot conditions across the country.

Following a record-breaking heat wave, Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries issued an emergency heat exposure rule on July 9 to provide increased protection to farmworkers and other outdoor workers.

Farmworker heat stress studies * Costa, Scott join House Ag race * USDA economists warn on ‘Farm to Fork’

UC Davis Professor Marc Schenker recognizes California is ahead of the rest of the country with heat illness prevention, but said more can be done.