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In Italy, Young Farmworker Dies in 98-Degree Heat as Probe Examines Outdoor Work Ban

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Attention is mounting in Italy after a 19-year-old farmworker died in the country's north, sharpening debate over how nations protect people whose work keeps them outside in dangerous heat. What happened? According to Wanted in Milan, the worker was a Romanian national living in Monticelli d'Ongina. He collapsed at about 5 p.m. on August 2 while harvesting tomatoes near Stagno Lombardo, where temperatures reached 37°C (98.6°F). Coworkers called …

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This is Alina, the wife of the Moldavian bricklayer who died in a construction site in Padua. The lies of the entrepreneur who did not take him to the hospital: "He was drunk"

·Rome, Italy
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A 35-year-old man from the Republic of Moldova, who was working illegally on a construction site in Padua, Italy, died after being hurt by heat. The employer and the other Romanian workers are now being investigated, after waiting more than two hours...

·Bucharest, Romania
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He had been in Italy for 24 hours. Nicu Terletchi, 35 years old, Moldovan, had found work in a construction site: in black, without any contract. On the first day of work on August 4, in Padua he felt bad and died, probably because of a heart attack that could have been caused by the high temperatures. You are [...] L'articolo 35-year-old Walllayer in Italy for 24 hours dies on the first day of work in black in a construction site. You are inves…

·Rome, Italy
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The 35-year-old man suffered a heart attack, also caused by the excessive heat of August 4th in Padua, writes the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

·Romania
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Six Romanians are investigated in Italy after the death of a Moldovan citizen on a construction site. The 35-year-old man, who had only arrived in the country for a day, worked in black, and was ill from the heat. Instead of calling for help at 112, the owner of the construction firm ordered the workers to take him home to receive care.

·Romania
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