{
  "id": 4455278,
  "title": "Farm workers face a ‘double-edged sword’ of extreme heat and pesticides",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/farm-workers-face-a-double-edged-sword-of-extreme-heat-and-pesticides",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T15:56:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/environment/20260830-farm-workers-face-a-double-edged-sword-of-extreme-heat-and-pesticides-omanjana-goswami"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As extreme heat makes working outdoors increasingly dangerous, farm workers face another, less visible threat: the pesticides used on the crops around them. Higher temperatures can make these chemicals evaporate faster, increasing workers’ exposure as their bodies are already struggling with the heat.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}