RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — The last thing Jason Parker remembers after working a shift removing compressor bearings for NASA in 90-degree heat is a chill down his spine. “My friend’s wife found me lying on ...

Juanita Constible has analyzed state workplace heat standards across the United States for the Natural Resources Defense Council since 2018. But she first encountered heat stress as a wildlife ...

With federal cost-cutting and deregulation reshaping workplace safety oversight, the responsibility to protect workers from extreme heat is falling squarely on employers, according to Ergodyne, a ...

Governments around the world are enacting measures to try to protect workers from the dangers of heat stress. They’re barely keeping up with the risks. By Somini Sengupta and Hisako Ueno Somini ...

Last summer, the United States took a crucial step towards protecting millions of workers across the country from the impacts of extreme heat on the job. In July 2024, the Occupational Safety and ...

It was 7 p.m. on June 24, only the third official day of summer, and the temperature was still a scorching 99 degrees. Emma Cortes, a global emergency medicine fellow at Brown University and founder ...

During a recent visit to a garment factory in the city of Dindigul, Indian trade unionist Thivya Rakini fainted after just two hours in the extreme heat. Temperatures on the factory floor had soared ...

Illnesses caused by heat—dehydration, cramps, and even strokes—can come on quickly and quietly. New, wearable technology could help alert wearers to lurking danger. Two people pick grapes in a ...

Heat is becoming ‘one of the most devastating occupational hazards of our time.’ Heat is becoming ‘one of the most devastating occupational hazards of our time.’ is a senior science reporter ...