May 14, 2021 | Dr. Cheryl Holder and Jeannie Economos
As you may know, heat is the leading weather-related killer, causing more deaths to people in cities at the middle latitudes, such as St. Louis, Chicago, and Philadelphia. As global warming continues, the threat to outdoor workers in the South and those without air conditioning is increasing. Our first presenter is Dr. Cheryl Holder. Dr. Holder is a Board certified Internal Medicine physician and faculty member at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Our second presenter is Jeannie Economos. Jeannie is the project coordinator of Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health for the Farmworker Association of Florida.