As heat gets more extreme, pregnant farmworkers are increasingly at risk

October 23, 2025

One hot day last summer, Clarisa Lugo was inspecting and counting corn and soybean plants in the middle of a 300-acre farm field in Illinois when she started throwing up and panting. Her heart raced, she stopped sweating and a pounding headache didn’t go away for hours.

⟵ Takeaways from AP’s report on the growing dangers of heat on pregnant agriculture workers

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