Public Health

Air Quality

There are many resources to detect current and forecasted Air Quality Index values. Consider checking these values while planning field work and outdoor activities.

• Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics (external link AirNow)
• Get air quality data where you live (external link AirNow)
• National Weather Service (external link) 

Hearing Conservation

• Hearing Conservation Safety Training: Workday Learning EHS 2407
• Have you Heard? Hearing Loss Caused by Farm Noise is Preventable (outside link: CDC NIOSH)
• Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) (Cornell EHS Toolbox Talk: HS15_HC_TBT_NoiseReductionRating)
• NIOSH - They're Your Ears, Protect Them - Hearing Loss Caused by Farm Noise is Preventable (external link: CDC NIOSH) 

Heat Stress

• CALS OEH Heat Stress Page

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Cornell University COVID-19 Tracking Dashboard
• Cornell’s Coronavirus Webpage
• Tompkins County Health Department
• NYS Department of Health
• CDC: Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
• Cornell CALS: COVID-19 Response and Resources
• Powered Equipment Use & Cleaning Procedures for CALS Farm Staff
• Sanitizer vs Disinfectant
• Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2

Sun Protection

Protect yourself from the sun and ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Here is more information from the Skin Cancer Foundation and CDC:

• Risk Factors
• The Sun & Your Eyes
• Sun Protection Your Daily Sun Protection Guide
• All About Sunscreen
• Sun-Protective Clothing
• NIOSH Fast Facts: Protecting Yourself from Sun Exposure 

Ticks Tick-Borne Diseases

• Vector-borne Disease Monitoring in Northeast Communities: Ticks and Mosquitoes (external link: Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases)
• Tick-Borne Infections (external link: Tompkins County Health Department
• Ticks: Prevention, Bites, Lifecycles, Tick-Borne Disease (external link: CDC- US Center for Disease Control & Prevention)
• Ticks (Cornell Link: NYS IPM)
• Tick Presentation "Don't Get Ticket New York" Dr. Matt Frye, Extension Educator, New York State Integrated Pest Management Program, Cornell University

Working in Inclement Weather

Hot Weather Conditions

• CALS OEH Health & Safety Heat Stress and Illness Information

Cold Weather Conditions

• OSHA recommendations for cold weather safety (external link)