Heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States, resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year. Heat-related illnesses may occur when the body’s temperature rises too quickly to cool itself properly, or when too much fluid or salt is lost through dehydration, excessive urination or sweating.
Heat-related illnesses can range from cramps to heat exhaustion to heatstroke. Heatstroke can result in death and requires immediate medical attention.
At Risk
Factors or conditions making some individuals more susceptible to heat-related illnesses include older adults, young children, physically disabled, excessive body weight, fever, heart disease, mental illness, poor circulation, prescription medication, alcohol use, and sunburn.
Stay Hydrated
Drink plenty of water, non-alcoholic and decaffeinated fluids. Our body needs water to keep cool. Persons who are on fluid restrictive diets or have a problem with fluid retention should consult a physician before increasing their consumption of fluids. Limit caffeinated beverages and do not drink alcoholic beverages.
Staying hydrated is important, especially when the temperature rises or during increased physical activity. Try these easy ways to increase your fluid intake:
1. Carry a reusable water bottle. Keep it full. 2. Add flavor to your water, such as slices of lemon, lime, cucumber or strawberries. Herbal ice teas can be a great way to increase fluids. 3. Eat Fruit or Popsicle. You can get fluids from the foods you eat. Watermelon and cantaloupe have high water content. A 100% fruit juice pop provides fluids and is refreshing on a hot day. 4. Plan ahead. If you are going to be outside at a picnic or ball game, make sure to pack plenty of fluids.
Resources. 1. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Hydrate Right
Heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States, resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year. Heat-related illnesses can occur when the body’s temperature rises too quickly for it to cool itself properly, or when excessive fluid or salt loss occurs due to dehydration, excessive urination, or excessive sweating.
Heat-related illnesses can range from cramps to heat exhaustion to heatstroke. Heatstroke can result in death and requires immediate medical attention.
At-Risk
Factors or conditions making some individuals more susceptible to heat-related illnesses include older adults, young children, the physically disabled, excessive body weight, fever, heart disease, mental illness, poor circulation, prescription medication, alcohol use, and sunburn.
Stay Hydrated
Drink plenty of water, as well as non-alcoholic and decaffeinated fluids. Our body needs water to keep cool. Individuals on fluid-restrictive diets or those with fluid retention issues should consult a physician before increasing their fluid intake. Limit caffeinated beverages and avoid drinking alcoholic beverages.
Staying hydrated is important, especially when the temperature rises or during increased physical activity. Try these easy ways to increase your fluid intake:
1. Carry a reusable water bottle. Keep it full. 2. Add flavor to your water with slices of lemon, lime, cucumber, or strawberries. Herbal iced teas can be a great way to increase your fluid intake. 3. Eat fruit or popsicles. You can get fluids from the foods you eat. Watermelon and cantaloupe have high water content. A 100% fruit juice pop provides fluids and is refreshing on a hot day. 4. Plan ahead. If you plan to be outside at a picnic or ball game, be sure to pack plenty of fluids.
Never Leave Children, Disabled Individuals
Or Pets in Parked Vehicles
Each year, children and pets left in parked cars die from hyperthermia. Hyperthermia is an acute condition that occurs when the body absorbs more heat than it can dissipate. Studies have shown temperatures inside a parked vehicle can rapidly rise to a dangerous level for children, pets, and even adults. Leaving the windows slightly open does not significantly decrease the heating rate. The effects can be more severe in children because their bodies warm up at a faster rate than those of adults.
Heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States, resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year. Heat-related illnesses can occur when the body’s temperature rises too quickly for it to cool itself properly, or when excessive fluid or salt loss occurs through dehydration, excessive urination, or sweating.
Heat-related illnesses can range from cramps to heat exhaustion to heatstroke. Heatstroke can result in death and requires immediate medical attention.
At-Risk
Factors or conditions making some individuals more susceptible to heat-related illnesses include older adults, young children, the physically disabled, excessive body weight, fever, heart disease, mental illness, poor circulation, prescription medication, alcohol use, and sunburn.
Stay Hydrated
Drink plenty of water, as well as non-alcoholic and decaffeinated fluids. Our body needs water to keep cool. Individuals on fluid-restrictive diets or those with fluid retention issues should consult a physician before increasing their fluid intake. Limit caffeinated beverages and avoid drinking alcoholic beverages.
Staying hydrated is important, especially when the temperature rises or during increased physical activity. Try these easy ways to increase your fluid intake:
1. Carry a reusable water bottle. Keep it full. 2. Add flavor to your water with slices of lemon, lime, cucumber, or strawberries. Herbal iced teas can be a great way to increase your fluid intake. 3. Eat fruit or popsicles. You can get fluids from the foods you eat. Watermelon and cantaloupe have high water content. A 100% fruit juice pop provides fluids and is refreshing on a hot day. 4. Plan ahead. If you plan to be outside at a picnic or ball game, be sure to pack plenty of fluids.
Never Leave Children, Disabled Individuals
Or Pets in Parked Vehicles
Each year, children and pets left in parked cars die from hyperthermia. Hyperthermia is an acute condition that occurs when the body absorbs more heat than it can dissipate. Studies have shown temperatures inside a parked vehicle can rapidly rise to a dangerous level for children, pets, and even adults. Leaving the windows slightly open does not significantly decrease the heating rate. The effects can be more severe in children because their bodies warm up at a faster rate than those of adults.
Either we build a future for all, or there will be no acceptable future for anyone.
World Food Day
World Food Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in November 1979. FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on October 16th, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945.
The official World Food Day theme is announced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The goal is to focus on World Food Day observances and raise awareness and understanding of approaches to ending hunger.
World Food Day, 2025 theme,
Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future
Food is the essence of life and the bedrock of our cultures and communities. Preserving access to safe and nutritious food is and will continue to be an essential part of the response to, particularly for, poor and vulnerable communities.
In a moment like this, it is more important than ever to recognize the need to support our food heroes - farmers and workers throughout the food system - who ensure that food makes its way from farm to fork, even amid disruptions.
Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts—making sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.
The three main goals are the eradication of hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition; the elimination of poverty and the driving forward of economic and social progress for all; and, the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, including land, water, air, climate and genetic resources for the benefit of present and future generations.
The objectives of World Food Day are to: Don’t waste water.
Diversify your diet. Keep fish populations afloat. Keep soils and water clean. Buy organic Energy-efficient is best Use solar panels or other green energy systems Buy only what you need Pick ugly fruits and vegetables Don’t let labels fool you Limit your plastic Recycle paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum Store food wisely Love your leftovers Make plant food Be rubbish-savvy Make cities greener Shop local. Protect forests and save paper. Bike, walk, or use public transport Be a conscientious consumer Keep up to date on climate change Be an advocate! *Encourage attention to agricultural food production and to stimulate national, bilateral, multilateral, and non-governmental efforts to this end;
*Encourage economic and technical cooperation among developing countries; *Encourage the participation of rural people, particularly women and the least privileged categories, in decisions and activities influencing their living conditions;
*Heighten public awareness of the problem of hunger in the world;
*Promote the transfer of technologies to the developing world; and
*Strengthen international and national solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition, and poverty and draw attention to achievements in food and agricultural development. To learn more about World Food Day, visit the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
1 World Wide Web Day; Colorado, 38th state; National Raspberry Cream Pie Day 2 National Ice Cream Sandwich Day; National Coloring
Book Day 3 National Watermelon Day; Grab
Some Nuts Day; Mustard Day; Hangover Day; Jamaican Patty Day; Play Outside Day
4 National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day; Single Working
Women's Day; White Wine Day; American Family Day; Raisin Bran Day 5 National Oyster Day 6 National Fresh Breath
(Halitosis) Day; Root Beer Float Day 7 Professional Speakers Day; National Raspberries
N’ Cream Day 8 National Frozen Custard Day; Happiness Happens
Day; Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbors’ Porch Night; National CBD Day;
National Fried Chicken & Waffles Day 9 Intl Day of the World's Indigenous People; Natl
Rice Pudding Day; National Book Lovers Day; Shop Online for Groceries Day
10 National S'mores Day; Missouri 24th State;
Smithsonian Day; National Garage Sale Day 11 National Sandwich Month; National Raspberry Bombe
Day 12 International Youth Day; National Julienne Fries
Day 13 National Filet Mignon Day; National Prosecco Day;
Left-Handers Day 14 National Creamsicle Day 15 Relaxation Day; Julia Child Birthday (1912);
National Lemon Meringue Pie Day 16 National Rum Day 17 National Thrift Shop Day; National Vanilla
Custard Day; National Nonprofit Day, Honey Bee Day, Chef Appreciation Day 18 National Ice Cream Pie Day; National Fajita Day;
Mail Order Catalog Day 19 UN World Humanitarian Day; Soft Ice Cream Day;
Potato Day 20 Chocolate Pecan Pie Day 21 Senior Citizen's Day; Hawaii 50th State; National
Spumoni Day 22 Pecan Torte Day; Eat a Peach Day; Tooth Fairy
Day; Bao Day 23 National Sponge Cake Day; National Cuban Sandwich
Day 24 National Waffle Iron Day; National Peach Pie Day
25 National Banana Split Day 26 Women's Equality Day; Cherry Popsicle Day 27 Pots du Crème Day; Banana Lover's Day 28 National Cherry Turnovers Day; National Red Wine
Day 29 Lemon Juice Day; Chop Suey Day; More Herbs,
Less Salt Day 30 National Toasted Marshmallow Day 31 National Trail Mix Day; Eat Outside Day, International
Bacon Day
The holidays and events listed in the calendar come from numerous resources, such as: United States Department of Agriculture; Food and Drug Administration; Presidential Declaration; Federal, State, or City Governments; American Dietetic Association; Food Associations; American Medical Association; Medical Affiliations; Private Organizations and Companies; Retail Promotions. The events have been verified. However, you should confirm the dates before making plans. Some events may vary from one state to another.
Many UN entities work on water issues - distributing drinking water during disasters, protecting ecosystems, making sure that water is of sufficient quality, ensuring that our cities have enough water infrastructure, measuring the progress of access to sanitation, and looking at how we will have enough water to make food. The list is long. Many organizations around the world also work on these issues. To be as strong, as effective, and to have as big of an impact as possible, these organizations come together to work through UN-Water.
UN-Water coordinates the UN's work on water and sanitation for a better world. Through UN-Water, UN entities and international partners work together to place water and sanitation as top issues and 21st Century essential knowledge. World Water Day is one of UN-Water's campaigns that aim to inform, engage and inspire action.
International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March. The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day. Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of water.
Do you value the water in your food chain?
People are left behind without safe water for many different reasons. The following are some of the ‘grounds for discrimination' that cause certain people to be particularly disadvantaged when it comes to accessing water:
Sex and gender, race, ethnicity, religion, birth, caste, language, and nationality; Disability, age, and health status
Property, tenure, residence, economic and social status.
Other factors, such as environmental degradation, climate change, population growth, conflict, forced displacement, and migration flows can also disproportionately affect marginalized groups through impacts on water.
Environmental damage, together with climate change, is driving the water-related crises we see around the world. Floods, drought, and water pollution are all made worse by degraded vegetation, soil, rivers, and lakes.
When we neglect our ecosystems, we make it harder to provide everyone with the water we need to survive and thrive.
Nature-based solutions have the potential to solve many of our water challenges. We need to do so much more with ‘green’ infrastructure and harmonize it with ‘grey’ infrastructure wherever possible. Planting new forests, reconnecting rivers to floodplains, and restoring wetlands will rebalance the water cycle and improve human health and livelihoods.
When the water in our rivers, lakes, and oceans becomes polluted, the effects can be far-reaching. It can endanger wildlife, make our drinking water unsafe, and threaten the waters where we swim and fish.
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the federal law that protects public drinking water supplies throughout the nation. Under the SDWA, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets standards for drinking water quality and with its partners implements various technical and financial programs to ensure drinking water safety.
The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. EPA's purpose is to ensure that: all Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment where they live, learn and work; national efforts to reduce environmental risk are based on the best available scientific information; federal laws protecting human health and the environment are enforced fairly and effectively; environmental protection is an integral consideration in U.S. policies concerning natural resources, human health, economic growth, energy, transportation, agriculture, industry, and international trade, and these factors are similarly considered in establishing environmental policy; all parts of society - communities, individuals, businesses, and state, local and tribal governments - have access to accurate information sufficient to effectively participate in managing human health and environmental risks; environmental protection contributes to making our communities and ecosystems diverse, sustainable and economically productive; and the United States plays a leadership role in working with other nations to protect the global environment. So what happened in Flint, Michigan and are other communities are at risk?
Drinking Water in your Home Many people choose to filter or test the drinking water that comes out of their tap or from their private well for a variety of reasons. And whether at home, at work, or while traveling, many Americans drink bottled water.
Resource World Water Week, Stockholm International Water Institute.
World Water Monitoring Challenge™ (WWMC) is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies.
WWMC grew out of the World Water Monitoring Day program in 2012. While an official “day” continues to be observed each year on September 18, the broader “challenge” encourages people everywhere to test the quality of their waterways, share their findings, and protect our most precious resource. The program runs annually from March 22 (the United Nations World Water Day) until December 31.
The primary goal of World Water Monitoring Challenge is to educate and engage citizens in the protection of the world’s water resources. Many people are unaware of the impact their behaviors have on water quality. Conducting simple monitoring tests teaches participants about some of the most common indicators of water health and encourages further participation in more formal citizen monitoring efforts.
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UN Secretary-General message "International Year of Water Cooperation 2013"
The United Nations has prepared materials on Natural Solutions For Water Security. This is a segment on "The Elements of Good Practices in the Drinking Water Sector".
Finalists of 2013 edition of UN-Water
´Water for Life´ Best Practices Award
Clean water, free of pollution, bacteria and other contaminants, is the bedrock upon which sustainable, thriving and equitable human societies are built. Good governance of the ecosystems providing us with quality drinking water is an essential pre-requisite involving the cooperation of private sector enterprises, all levels of government, public agencies, indigenous and local communities, NGOs and other relevant stakeholders.
Water is a deeply local issue in terms of availability, economic and environmental setting, climate and conflicting interests.
Good policy approaches for drinking water require holistic strategic approaches involving full consideration of: * Water quality and availability
* Managing drinking water for both present and future needs
* Maintaining ecosystem integrity and functions * The role of biodiversity * Realistic approaches
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