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Truth in Advertising

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A Mark Fiore cartoon showing bright fruits and vegetables, captioned, "healthy and nutritious!" Next we see farmworkers in a hot smoky field captioned, "deadly and dangerous." There is small type below the field that reads, "farm work in the era of climate change may cause heat exhaustion, heat stroke, smoke inhalation and/or death."Amid heat waves, wildfires and thick smoke, farmworkers who grow our food are among those most affected by climate change.

While California has some of the richest farmland, on most days this time of year, all you have to do is look out your window to realize the state is experiencing global warming firsthand.

The people picking our food don’t have to look out the window.

They’re already outside, working hard in the smoke and extreme heat … and suffering the health effects of it.

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