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A new study shows that farmworkers are paying a heavy price by being exposed to high levels of air pollution.
Researchers examined data from the 2020 Glass and LNU Lightning Complex fires in northern California 's Sonoma County .
They found that a program aimed at determining when it was safe to work during wildfires did not adequately protect farmworkers.
Exposure to fine particulates from wildfire smoke can increase the risk of heart and lung disease.
Fewer than 1 in 5 farmworkers have employer-based health coverage, survey finds.
Farmworkers are essential workers because the nation's food supply depends on them, Hertz-Picciotto says.
"From a moral point of view, it's really reprehensible that the situation has gotten bad," she says.
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