In California, Flawed Air Rules Threaten Farmworkers as Wildfires Pump More Smoke Onto Fields - Inside Climate News

California air rules fail to protect farmworkers as wildfire smoke worsens

A growing body of evidence suggests California's air quality standards leave farmworkers vulnerable to injury and illness as climate-fueled wildfires worsen.Rambo Talabong reports for Inside Climate News.In short:A new study from the University of California, Davis found that the state's current air quality threshold for outdoor work during wildfires is too lenient, with traumatic injuries rising even when pollution levels are deemed "safe."Farm…

In California, Flawed Air Rules Threaten Farmworkers as Wildfires Pump More Smoke Onto Fields - Inside Climate News

Air pollution levels considered “safe” for farmworkers provide inadequate protection from health risks and injuries, a new study from University of California Davis finds.By Rambo TalabongOXNARD, Calif.—The January wildfires were still raging to the east in Pacific Palisades, torching thousands of homes and painting the Southern California sky a smudgy orange, but Adriana, a farmworker whose name has been changed to protect her identity, recalle…

Californian farmworkers left exposed by flawed air quality rules

Air pollution levels considered ‘safe’ for farmworkers provide inadequate protection from health risks and injuries, a new study from University of California Davis finds. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The January wildfires were still raging to the east in Pacific Palisades, torching thousands…