- 2023 was the hottest year on record for planet Earth, and by the middle of the 21st century, the U.S. will experience 27–50 days of temperatures exceeding 90 degrees each year.
- Prolonged heat exposure may lead to heat-related illnesses with complications such as increased risk for heart disease.
- A new study reports that high heat exposure may harm the body’s immune system and increase inflammation, potentially harming a person’s cardiovascular health.
Scientists reported that 2023 was the warmest year on record for planet Earth, and the world’s median temperature is increasing much more rapidly than it was at the start of the 20th century.
If this warming trend continues, experts believe that by the middle of the 21st century, the United States will experience between 27 to 50 days of over 90 degrees each year.
Almost 33% of working adults in the U.S. have a job where they are regularly exposed to the outdoors, including heat.
In 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported about 2,330 cases of illness or injury caused by heat exposure. And each year, about 40 working adults die from extreme heat exposure.
Prolonged exposure to high heat can lead to several
“Additionally, exposure to heat can also lead to further complications. For example, heat can negatively impact pre-existing
A new study reports that high heat exposure may harm the body’s immune system and increase inflammation, potentially harming a person’s cardiovascular health.
The findings were recently presented by University of Louisville researchers at the American Heart Association’s
Lead study author Dr. Daniel W. Riggs, assistant professor of medicine in the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute at the University of Louisville explained that heat exposure is an…
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