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Displaying 13 of about 13 results… Study explores effects of summertime heat waves on workforce health in Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Los Angeles Working outdoors during periods of extreme heat can cause discomfort, heat stress, or heat illnesses – all growing concerns for …
… Large wildfires and severe heat events are happening more often at the same time, … wildfires and hot weather.” When wildfires and extreme heat occur at the same time, they magnify air pollution: … smoke increases fine particulate matter in the air and the heat combines the smoke and other pollutants to create more …
… Heat waves and air pollution are harmful, even deadly, and … that compared to days without extreme conditions, extreme heat days carried a 6.1% increase in risk of death. On … deaths were 5% more likely. But on days with both extreme heat and air pollution, deaths were 21% more likely—a …
… tools include walls, boats, and evacuation drills. When a heat wave blanketed swaths of Washington state last summer with … Medical Center in Seattle. The state reported 100 heat-related deaths in one week. Since then, hospitals around …
… interest in the maximum environmental conditions like heat and humidity to which humans can adapt. New Penn State … their body temperature, which would potentially cause heat stroke or death over a prolonged exposure. Wet-bulb … especially those who are more vulnerable — ahead of a heat wave,” Kenney said. “That could mean prioritizing the sickest …
… people have experienced great harm from extreme heat and a lack of adequate protections. Although 87 percent … the state’s history is unknown, yet notable clusters of heat-related illnesses and deaths have occurred. The lack of … at least ten incarcerated people dying in the 2011 heat wave alone.16 Lawsuits have continued to plague the agency …
… to increase the severity, frequency and duration of heat waves, the approximately 160,000 individuals in Texas … on Wednesday, Nov. 2, examined the relationship between heat exposure and mortality risks in Texas prisons, focusing … 2001 and 2019 showing that 271 people died due to extreme heat exposure during that timeframe. Even a 1 degree increase …
… and severity of extreme weather events, including heat, that can lead to physical injuries, death and mental … and severity of extreme weather events, including heat, that can lead to physical injuries, death and mental … health outcomes from environmental stresses such as heat, poor air quality, and undernutrition and are accessible …
… that people in the Central Valley experience extreme heat, and we are just beginning to understand the compounding … burns In addition, we need to sharply curtail the heat-trapping emissions driving climate change and … that people in the Central Valley experience extreme heat, and we are just beginning to understand the compounding …
… for clinic patients, providers, and staff on extreme heat, wildfires, hurricanes, and floods were developed as … for clinic staff, and more. Materials on extreme heat are dedicated to protecting patients with certain health … for clinic patients, providers, and staff on extreme heat, wildfires, hurricanes, and floods were developed as …
… and other natural disasters such as wildfires and heat waves escalate, this natural healing process may be … and other natural disasters such as wildfires and heat waves escalate, this natural healing process may be …
… connection between climate change and health runs deep, as heat waves, hurricanes, floods, fires, drought and other … connection between climate change and health runs deep, as heat waves, hurricanes, floods, fires, drought and other …
… characterised by “more poverty, air pollution, extreme heat and flood damage, and less access to health care and …