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Latino outdoor workers are disproportionately affected by "dangerous" heat impacting U.S.

Texas has recorded 42 heat-related deaths on the job since 2011. (Credit: Unsplash.com/Josh Olalde)

Latino workers across the U.S. southwest are still battling the heat, as parts of inland California, Texas and Florida experience "dangerously hot" conditions with triple-digit temperatures, according to data by the National Weather Service.

Marcos Zamora, a laborer who has been working in agriculture for several decades in San Jose, California, told Telemundo that the number of hours he can work outdoors at the moment merely depends on his ability to withstand the heat.

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