The United States celebrates its National Day this July 4th during a deadly heatwave in the southern states: “For the past two weeks, a high-pressure heat dome has hovered over Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma,” the report said. Guardianin the straight from The American Press, Louisiana newspaper. A church in the Lower Ninth Ward, a deprived district of New Orleans, therefore kept its doors open to offer residents a little freshness in the 43 degrees. Due to the high humidity in Louisiana, however, it was very difficult to cool the corpses, he recalls Guardian, because under these conditions the sweat cannot evaporate. Frequent heat stroke, respiratory and heart problems: Since the beginning of April, more than a thousand people have visited state emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses. The British daily also expresses the concerns of the Louisiana Department of Health: “Workers, particularly in agriculture, construction and landscaping, are among the most vulnerable populations.”. And black workers who do more of these jobs were twice as likely to be hospitalized for heat-related illnesses as white workers.
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In Texas, a postman collapsed while delivering mail in 46C and then died in the hospital. bring it back
WFAA, a Dallas-based American television network affiliated with the ABC network. Eugene Gates Jr. was a 66-year-old postman with no health problems, father of two, and an Army veteran. An extreme heat warning was issued on the day this black American worker fell while on tour. Postal services are awaiting an autopsy to confirm this heat is the cause of this postman’s death. But since his death, postal workers’ working conditions have changed: They can now start their rounds an hour earlier, at 7:30 a.m. instead of 8:30 a.m., they say
the Fox News channel. When it is put into operation, it is “only” 29 °C.
The American statesman from Austin, a Dallas daily, recalls that at least 279 people died in Texas last year as a result of the heat. 170,000 workers were injured from dizziness, fatigue, dehydration, nausea and muscle cramps.
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Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott swerves on the right for a 10-minute break in hot weather. The governor has signed a bill removing protections for front-line workers: they no longer have the right to take a 10-minute break every four hours to drink and seek shade. However, farm workers are 35 times more likely to die from heat stress than the rest of the American workforce, it says
The American statesman from Austin. they practice “Horrible work in the fields under the scorching sun, toiling in jeans and long sleeves to protect against pesticides and the sun.” It’s very simple, says the Texas newspaper: “Every one degree Celsius increase in outside temperature leads to a 1% increase in accidents at work.”
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