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bilby commented on the word premature harvesting
"NARRATION:
When health researchers went back over the mortality records, it turned out an extra 370 people died during that week than you'd expect.
Dr Jonica Newby:
Essentially, it means that they were tipped over the edge by heat stress. There's a rather confronting in-house term that's used for this. They call it premature harvesting."
- 'Catalyst': Taking Our Temperature, abc.net.au, 15 Nov 2012.
November 18, 2012