Heat-related illness can lead to symptoms such as fainting, high body temperatures, confusion, and in rare cases it can cause death. The Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety held a meeting in 2018 to discuss reducing heat-related illness. At this meeting, researchers discussed that through a simple method of laborers drinking 32 ounces of water per hour (split across every 20 minutes) and having 5-6 days for laborers to acclimate to their work area’s heat index, laborer’s chances of having a heat-related illness decreases.
