The Impact of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Conditions on Agricultural Health and Safety in California

Details

• Personal Author:
  Felt E ; Pinkerton KE ; Riden HE
• Description:
  Extreme weather events, including unseasonal, unpredictable, and severe heat, precipitation, winds, and wildfires, pose risks to agricultural production processes and to those who work in agriculture. Research suggests that extreme weather is becoming more frequent and more severe as a result of climate change. For farmers, farmworkers, and others working outdoors, extreme weather can exacerbate occupational health and safety risks. Our qualitative research was conducted in California and shows that agricultural employers and farmworkers are aware of the threat of extreme weather and concerned about the impacts of drought, heat, and wildfires, the frequency of which are expected to increase as global temperatures continue to rise. As a major agricultural region, California's efforts toward adaptation and mitigation, as well as protection of the health of workers, can serve to advance knowledge of the impact of climate change in agricultural safety and health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Climate Change Farmers Fires Hot Temperature Occupational Health Safety Wildfires
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Climate Change Climatic Factors Farm Workers Heat Exposure Hot Environments Occupational Safety And Health Worker Safety
• ISBN:
  9783030547455
• ISSN:
  2197-7372
• Publisher:
  Humana
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  353-368
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063011
• Citation:
  Climate change and global public health, second edition. Pinkerton KE, Rom WN eds. Cham, Switzerland: Humana, 2021 Jan; :353-368
• Contact Point Address:
  Kent E. Pinkerton, School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Center for Health and the Environment, John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
• Email:
  kepinkerton@ucdavis.edu
• Editor(s):
  Pinkerton KE; Rom WN
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of California at Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20160901
• Source Full Name:
  Climate change and global public health, second edition
• End Date:
  20190831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b7f177fcb8b78308f8283a46ac065112997d520dccff47bc7679de926f930d3e12a89d68bbaf61a5542a8388adf817d6a968746db0149f2a707ecb56624d60ef
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226147/cdc_226147_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.00 MB ]