35-29A Work, Sweat, Die: The Price of Really Hot Jobs

Here’s a hot topic for Labor Day: Heat.

It’s been a hell of a hot summer, exploding the top off thermometers with triple-digit readings across the country. As we’re learning, week after week of this debilitating heat intensifies wildfires, causes electric grids to fail, kills millions of wild animals (including fish!), burns up crops, and concentrates toxic air.