In July of 2023, Efraín López García died picking fruit on a farm in Homestead, Florida. According to his family, extreme heat caused his death. At the same time, the Florida legislature was considering a bill banning local governments from enacting safety regulations to protect farmworkers. About 75 percent of farmworkers in the United States are immigrants.
Allison Salerno reports on community organizations and scientists who are working to protect farmworkers from extreme heat in the absence of government protections.
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