Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren’t there laws to protect them?

Grist
By Jana CholakovskaOct 19, 2023, 4:45 am177 pts
This story is co-published with The Guardian and produced in partnership with the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism and the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. It is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live.…

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