panama canal

the workers there faced many problems such as Malaria, Yellow Fever, dysentery, typhoid, dengue. About 500 people died for every mile that they built. Some of the dangers were the fact that they would carry entire crates full of dynamite. Also when they would blow up the dynamite it would cause cave ins or would blow up the people. They would light the dynamite and would have to run because the fuse was not very long so it caused it to blow up quickly. Many people died from diseases such as Malaria, Yellow Fever, Dysentery, Typhoid, and Dengue. Also dehydration was a problem along with starvation and many died from the change in climate going from warm to extreme jungle and tropical climate.