Kearney Gregory D, Garzon Lariza
associate professor, Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
executive director, Episcopal Farmworker Ministry, Dunn, North Carolina.
N C Med J. 2020 Sep-Oct;81(5):311-314. doi: 10.18043/ncm.81.5.311.
Increasingly hotter temperatures threaten the environment and pose serious risks to human health. From contending with damaged crops and loss of work due to extreme weather to working in life-threateningly hot and humid temperatures, agricultural farmworkers are on the front lines of this harsh reality.