Fw: www.sacbee.com - Farmworker dies after collapsing in heat

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Folks,

Don Villarejo forwarded the following article to me asking that I pass it along to the listserv. Please see his message below. -- Alice Larson

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Alice - Could you please forward this article to the MigrantHealth Listserve? Also, as described in the full text ofthis article, there is a bill in the California legislaturethat seeks to address this problem.DonYou can read this story in its entirety on the web at:http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/13242958p-14085460c.html--------------------------------------------------------------------Farmworker dies after collapsing in heatBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - The second farmworker in a yearhas died of heat exposure in triple-digit temperatures, sparkingrenewed calls from labor leaders for worker safety regulationsin extreme heat.Witnesses said Salud Zamudio , 42, was picking bellpeppers in Arvin south of Bakersfield in 105-degree heatWednesday when he complained of feeling ill, according toLupe ez, a vice president of the United Farm Workersof America.He began to shudder, collapsed and was taken to Mercy Hospitalin Bakersfield where he died an hour later, ez said.The Kern County coroner's office attributed his death toheat exposure.--------------------------------------------------------------------This article is protected by copyright and should not beprinted or distributed for anything except personal use.