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- * Dr. Dreosti implemented methods to assess the heat tolerance of new mining recruits, using this data to create tailored acclimation programs for them.
- * The evolution of heat stress prevention in the mines reflects a shift from the misguided belief that certain groups (like Black natives) had a natural heat tolerance to a modern understanding of epigenetic adaptations to heat exposure.
Article Abstract
The underground gold mines of South Africa offer a unique historical setting to study heat acclimation. The early heat stress research was conducted and described by a young medical officer, Dr. Aldo Dreosti. He developed practical and specific protocols to first assess the heat tolerance of thousands of new mining recruits, and then used the screening results as the basis for assigning a heat acclimation protocol. The mines provide an interesting paradigm where the prevention of heat stroke evolved from genetic selection, where only Black natives were recruited due to a false assumption of their intrinsic tolerance to heat, to our current appreciation of the epigenetic and other molecular adaptations that occur with exposure to heat.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198811 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2016.1240749 | DOI Listing |
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