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Latino USA

Toxic Labor

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Documentary

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Toxic Labor: A first of its kind investigation into how prolonged exposure to toxins affects the health of workers who rebuild American cities after natural disasters.

Transcript

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0:00.0

FUTura.

0:05.0

This is Latino USA, the Radio Journal of News and Cultura.

0:11.0

It's Latino USA.

0:12.0

It's Latino USA. It's Latino USA.

0:14.0

I'm Maria Inuosa.

0:15.0

We bring you stories that are underreported, but that matter to you overlooked by the rest of the media.

0:21.0

And while the country is struggling to deal with these

0:23.2

We listen to the stories of black and Latino students a united Latino front a

0:27.6

cultural renaissance organizing at the forefront of the movement. I'm Maria Inohosa, no say beyond. When powerful hurricanes, wildfires, or floods destroy communities across the United States.

0:53.0

Scores of workers emerge from around the country

0:57.0

ready to clean and rebuild.

1:00.0

And dear listener, you might not know this, but it is in fact Latino immigrants who are the ones more than likely to perform the hardest cleaning tasks after natural disasters.

1:13.6

In the process, though, they're also unknowingly exposed to harmful toxins,

1:19.2

toxins that can make them sick,

1:21.6

years after finishing the job.

1:24.0

The night has been able to

1:28.0

the night I think I heard about

1:30.0

as a top but I think

1:32.0

was sent here like me I felt about the reputation. that's Mariano, an untie, a centaur that me

1:33.3

I've felt about the reputation.

1:35.6

That's Mariano, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras.

1:39.7

He said his dry throat hurts and he's always coughing sometimes to the point of triggering an asthma attack.

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