Wildfires Make Dangerous Air For Farmworkers: 'It's Like You Can't Breathe'
As fires ravage California, farmworkers are dealing with dangerous air in incredible heat. Hernan Hernandez of the California Farmworker Foundation says there's "nowhere near" enough protective gear.
by James Doubek
Sep 14, 2020
2 minutes
Farmworkers in California are facing two crises at once: the coronavirus and exposure to dangerous air from wildfires.
Massive fires border large swaths of California's agriculture region, the Central Valley. Monitoring stations report unhealthy air across the interior of the state.
"To be out
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