Experts talk heat safety and a proposed federal heat standard for workplace protections

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August 7th, 2023

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a third of all work-related heat deaths in the last few decades were construction workers. (Jasmine Robinson/WABE)

Climate experts predicted earlier this year that temperatures in Georgia could reach the hottest they’ve been in thirty years.

And on top of that, extreme heat is fueling wildfires.

There are wildfires burning in the U.S. and other parts of the world.

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