According to the study, expecting mothers are much more in danger than previously believed.
Scientists have found that hotter summers can affect women not just in tropical countries but also in places like the UK.
They seek specialized health recommendations for expectant mothers who work worldwide.
Eight hundred pregnant women in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu participated in the study, which was started in 2017 by the Faculty of Public Health at the Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER) in Chennai.
About half of the participants had jobs that involved a lot of outdoor heat.
She spreads her digits, removing her heavy gloves. She has spent the last two hours harvesting cucumbers.
She tells me, “My hands burn in this heat,” as she runs her fingers over them.
Even though summer hasn’t officially arrived, it’s already thirty degrees here today, and the humidity makes it feel even hotter.
The small spikes on the cucumbers constantly pierce Sumathy’s hands, forcing her to wear gloves that cause her to perspire a lot.
She says, “My face burns too.”
