农业中的热风险:甜玉米和烟草的微气候变化和工人安全
Ryan Edwards1, Noel Lanier1, Jo Anne G Balanay2
1College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene
|March 21, 2025
概括
农业工人面临着高温相关疾病 (HRI) 的风险. 这项研究发现,高高的作物田中中心的热应力更高,增加了在这些微气候中劳动的工人HRI风险.
科学领域:
- 农业科学 农业科学
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 职业安全 在职业安全.
背景情况:
- 农业工作对与热量相关的疾病 (HRIs) 存在重大风险.
- 高高的作物可以创造出阻碍冷却和增加湿度的微气候.
- 了解田间内的热应力变化对于工人安全至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较高高的作物田中中心和周边之间的环境热应激水平.
- 量化甜玉米和烟草种植区内的热暴露差异.
- 为农业工人提供热应激管理策略的信息.
主要方法:
- 使用两个热应力监测器收集每日湿球球体温度 (WBGT) 数据.
- 在2023年夏天在甜玉米和烟草田进行测量.
- 将场中心的WBGT读数与场周边的WBGT读数进行比较.
主要成果:
- 与周边相比,在甜玉米和烟草田的中心记录了更高的WBGT.
- 不安全的热应激水平在甜玉米中心发生的频率增加了6.7%,在烟草中心发生的频率增加了13.6%.
- 在烟草田中,不安全的情况在一天中普遍存在,在玉米田中,在下午更为频繁.
结论:
- 在高高的作物列中劳动,显著增加了暴露于不安全的热应激水平.
- 研究结果强调,需要将现场微气候变化纳入工人教育和热行动计划.
- 缓解策略应应对高作物田中中心存在的高热风险.
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