As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers

By: Amy Green, Inside Climate News

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: August 24, 2026

Words: 906

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here.

For the nation’s 2.4 million farmworkers, climate change is poised to exacerbate the harms of pesticides, a growing body of research shows.

Heat stresses the body, making it more vulnerable to pesticides and other toxicants, and protective clothing worn in the heat only adds to this …

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