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Synopsis:Turner Construction conducts a groundbreaking study in collaboration with the universities of New Mexico and Indiana, along with research consultancy L

Turner Construction has tested labourers working at a large data centre project in Kansas City to investigate the effect of temperature on health. The study concluded that those tested were at risk of permanent effects, even when working in cooler than typical summer conditions.

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Chronic Kidney Disease could be the first climate-change related occupational disease.

Men under 40 are coming home in need of dialysis, after working in intense heat with limited access to drinking water

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming disabled from laboring in extreme heat, an international conference has been told. The conference, held in Qatar as spring temperatures raced towards 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), heard that tens&#x...

DOHA: Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming disabled from labouring in extreme heat, an international conference has been told.The conference, held in Qatar...

There is no international standard for temperatures for outdoor work, but climate change has forced new scrutiny

Tens of thousands of workers have died of kidney disease and other illnesses linked with extreme heat. Read more at straitstimes.com.

There is no international standard for temperatures for outdoor working, but climate change has forced new scrutiny