This story is a co-publication with Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Texas.TUCSON – The morning of September 13, 2021, began like any other for Chuy Reyes. Even before the scorching Arizona sun had risen, the 50-year old construction worker was standing in the parking lot of a Presbyterian church that is also the home of the Southside Worker Center on Tucson’s South Side. Other day-laborers were already there, waiting for contractors to drive by, offering work. One approached, seeking men for a roofing job. Reyes knew temperatures were supposed to reach triple digits that day, but accepted anyway.A few hours into his shift, Reyes’ head was pounding and heart was thumping. He had stopped sweating. It was only nine in the morning, the temperature was 90 degrees, and Reyes had been on the rooftop for nearly three hours without a break. He appealed to the contractor, saying he felt ill. He was told to get back to work.The boss “simply didn’t believe that I wasn’t well,” Reyes said.Reyes climbed back on the roof. It wasn’t long before he began expelling watery vomit. “It’s like my body was rejecting the water I was drinking,” he said.Reyes doesn’t remember driving home. Once there, however, he took a shower and waited for the symptoms to subside. A few hours passed, but the dizziness, heart palpitations, and nausea persisted. …
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