Road
food
Summer often includes travel as families head off on vacation. Whether traveling by plane, train or car, leaving food choices to chance can mean paying a high price in terms of health as well as cash.
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Summer
Fun
in the sun
Adults can enhance children's development while building a store of great memories
by planning fun and stimulating summer activities. Remember
the sunscreen.
Summer jobs
Parents should be aware of safety concerns, laws for teens working their first summer jobs.
We all scream
Cranking a safe freezer of homemade ice cream.
Cool
your home
Operating a window or attic fan during the evening and night, these fans
exhaust warm air and bring in fresh outside air through doors and windows.
Stay
active without succumbing to heat
Missouri’s summertime combination of high heat and dripping humidity
can deter even the most ardent devotee of fitness and prompt them to seek the
coolness of indoor air-conditioning.
Jam and jelly basics
Tempt your tastebuds with natural sweets.
Prevent
heat-related illnesses
These guidelines offer simple steps for the prevention of heat related injuries.
Most
Missouri snakes are harmless
With the warmer summer weather, homeowners mowing their lawn or weeding the
garden may find a snake.
Mow
the lawn safely
More than 60,000 injuries are treated by hospital emergency rooms each year
because of unsafe operation of power lawn mowers.
Watering the lawn
As much as 80 percent of the water used around the home during summer is
for outside uses. Watering the lawn is the main outside water use. During dry
summers, local water authorities may cut off water for outside use or only allow
watering on certain days. Both measures are necessary and effective means to
reduce water consumption and relieve the strain on city water supplies.
Storing
food in the freezer
Freezing is the best way to preserve the fresh-like qualities of food.
Exercise in the heat
The combination of high air temperatures and high humidity levels increases
the risk for heat illness to occur.
Updated 5/5/08