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Minnesota goes on air quality alert

August 13, 2018
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued a statewide air quality alert in early August due to smoke spreading across northern Minnesota and southern Minnesota. Smoke from wildfires in western Canada will continue to affect Minnesota. Air Quality Indices in the orange category spread eastward across northern Minnesota Friday, making air quality unhealthy for sensitive groups.
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What we don’t know about exercise – and should

August 13, 2018
Most Americans know – by now – that exercising is good for you. What many of us don’t know – according to a new study – is that not exercising can raise our risk of certain types of cancer, such as colon and breast.
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Drone pilot test stresses safety

August 11, 2018
The ability of commercial aircraft to move safely through the skies – particularly in the vicinity of airports – is a prominent part of the test drone operators must take in order to get a Remote Pilot Certificate (RPC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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A NIOSH Science Blog post

Grounds for change: Reducing noise exposure in grounds management professionals – Part 1

Bryan Beamer PhD PE CSP Asha Brogan PhD PE CSP Jackie DiFrancesco BA, COHC
August 10, 2018
While the dog days of summer mean slowing down for some people, sunshine brings the busy season for those in the grounds management professions, which includes landscaping, tree care and horticulture. This summer work means breaking out tools that can create loud noise: lawn mowers, edgers, chainsaws, chippers — just to name a few.
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Defining worker well-being – experts propose new framework

Starting point for NIOSH efforts to improve occupational safety and health
August 9, 2018
How do we define and measure worker well-being? A proposed conceptual framework, with implications for future efforts to improve occupational safety and health, is presented in the July issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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Expanding and improving occupational safety and health content in Wikipedia. It matters.

James Hare John P. Sadowski Thais Morata PhD Max Lum
August 8, 2018
NIOSH is one of the first US federal agencies to collaborate with the Wikimedia organizations and it is doing so by actively contributing data and the latest research to help improve the health of the population. NIOSH’s effort involves examining mechanisms to help make sure that the occupational safety and health information that reaches Wikipedia’s millions of readers is complete, up-to-date, and free of errors.
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Safe + Sound Week 2018 is up ahead

August 6, 2018
More than 350 organizations are already signed up to participate in this year’s Safe + Sound Week, which will take place August 13-19 – but there’s still time to get involved. Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event to raise awareness and understanding of the value of safety and health programs that include management leadership, worker participation, and a systematic approach to finding and fixing hazards in workplaces.
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Fewer young people are using tobacco

Yet 3.6 million middle and high school students still use tobacco products
August 3, 2018
Fewer U.S. middle and high school students are using tobacco products – but too many still do, according to a new survey published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products.
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