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More farm deaths in heat despite Calif. crackdown

Aug 20 - By Garance Burke, Associated Press Writer

California, the nation's leader in heat-related deaths among farmworkers, sought to turn that trend around three years ago with a new law aimed at ensuring people toiling in sweltering fields had such basics as a water break and an umbrella for shade.

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More cities move aggressively to stop heat deaths

Jul 31 - By Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Writer

The homeless woman was nauseated, dizzy, drenched with sweat, dehydrated and sobbing with fear. She had heat exhaustion and was on the verge of heat stroke. But she had come to the right place, a church turned into a refuge from the overpowering heat.

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