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True or False: Heat-related deaths are accurately recorded and reported by most hospitals and governments.

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False. Heat is a "silent killer" because deaths are rarely reported as heat-related. Doctors attribute deaths to heart, lung, or other organ failure without recording heat as the underlying cause, mak...

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