PARIS: Scientists have identified the maximum mix of heat and humidity a human body can survive.

Even a healthy young person will die after enduring six hours of 35-degree Celsius (95-degree Fahrenheit) warmth when coupled with 100 percent humidity, but new research shows that threshold could be significantly lower.

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