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According to the new joint report of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organization and the World Meteorological Organization, billions of workers around the world need better protection.
The report states that billions of people are already exposed to dangerous heat in their work, increasing the risk of diseases associated with thermal, such as thermal blow, dehydration and kidney disease.
More than 2.4 billion workers are exposed to excessive heat, which is 71% of the total active population of the world.
The authors of the report stated that its conclusions should serve as a warning about taking measures.
It is reported that at the local community, in enterprises, institutions and schools. Employees are also responsible for ensuring safe and harmless working conditions.
“We must deal with the future extreme heat. This is a reality for many. The case of adaptation or death, ”said Johann Sander of the global meteorological organization (WMO).
According to the international labor organization, extreme heat leads to more than 22 million professional injuries a year and almost 19,000 deaths.
“Seriousness means not only more heat days, but also higher temperatures. And very often this is considered the discomfort with which you should deal. But this is a health crisis“He said his manager, who is for the environment, climate change and immigration, Rudigiger Krekh.
According to Krekh, these are often workers who “hold our societies in work”, who pay the highest price. The working thermal stress more affects vulnerable communities with limited access to cooling, medical care and protective work policy.
The reason is more important, since frequent heat around the world become a new reality.
This summer, extremely high temperatures were registered throughout Europe, since countries such as France, Portugal, Greece and Spain regularly reached 40C.
The temperature caused destructive fires in southern Europe, when Spain and Portugal observed one of the most serious periods of fires, when the lover is registered.