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Hot Summer Means Calif. Farmworkers At Risk For Heat-Related Illness

KVCR | By Shahla Farzon

Published August 24, 2015 at 11:27 AM PDT

Triple-digit temperatures this summer are raising the risk of heat-related illness for farm workers in California's Central Valley. Farmworkers and growers don't agree on how safe the fields are, and the numbers don't provide a clear picture. Capital Public Radio's Shahla Farzon reports.