The extreme heat many workers in North Carolina face can have dire consequences. 蜜桃传媒 analyzed these impacts in a series called Scorched Workers.
With rising temperatures from global warming, these already harsh conditions are only getting worse.
"It is so bad. And sometimes, you know, you feel like you want to pass out," said Maribel McBeath, who works as a cabin cleaner for American Airlines at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. "You feel sick to your stomach. And sometimes you feel fainted."
McBeath is one of many workers who spoke to WUNC鈥檚 Aaron S谩nchez-Guerra and Celeste Gracia, for their new series 鈥淪corched Workers,鈥� about labor conditions in extreme heat.
The project is funded in part by the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute.
Guests
Juanita Constible, at Natural Resources Defense Council
Dr. Modjulie Moore, and current medical director for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Farmworker Health Program
Aaron S谩nchez-Guerra, reporter covering issues of race, class, and communities for 蜜桃传媒
Celeste Gracia, 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Environment Reporter
