Weakened Federal Heat Protection Rules Leave Florida Workers Sweating
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Weakened federal heat protection rules leave Florida workers sweating
A woman walks along a street in the rural agriculture community of Immokalee on September 9, 2018 in Immokalee, Florida. | Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images On a hot afternoon last July, a tropical plant nursery worker named Sandra fainted while driving an open-air tractor down a public road between fields in Homestead, Florida. Her vision darkened and her body slumped, but the tractor kept moving. After a harrowing moment, she regained contro…
Weakened, dehydrated, and sometimes even eaten alive by maggots. The extreme drought is causing a code red for hedgehogs. For instance, it has never been this busy around this time of year at the De Mikke bird and mammal rescue center in Middelburg. "We are seeing many young hedgehogs that have been abandoned by their mothers."
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