Health & Fitness
Homestead Farmworker Dies Because Of Extreme Heat
"It is happening, we are scared because more people say they are fainting and feeling the symptoms (of heat stroke)," said Yvette Cruz.
July 21, 2023
HOMESTEAD - The Farmworker Association of Florida says that 29-year-old Efrain Lopez Garcia is the first Homestead farmworker dead victim of the extreme heat this year and the second one in the state of Florida.
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"It is happening, we are scared because more people are saying they are fainting and feeling the symptoms (of heat stroke)," said Yvette Cruz, Communication Coordinator of the Farmworker Association of Florida.
According to Jeremia Lopez, that is exactly what seems to have happened to his brother while working at a farm in Homestead on July 6th.
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