News from NDSC!

We’re Cooking Up a Chuck Roast for Giving Hearts Day!
Announcements, NDSC NewsWe plan to put a little fun into our Giving Hearts Day FUNdraiser, this year, by roasting our Executive Director, Chuck Clairmont, live via Zoom throughout the day. When you schedule your GHD donation in advance, you’ll receive an exclusive invitation to join the live online roast on Thursday, February 11.

NDSC Developing Agriculture Safety Training Course
Announcements, NDSC NewsThe NDSC has been awarded an OSHA Susan Harwood Curriculum Development Grant to develop an agricultural safety course targeted to employers who perform agricultural operations, with a focus on youth employees, those new to farming and other small businesses in the agricultural industry.

New Ag Safety Trailer Funded By Farmers Union Insurance
Announcements, NDSC NewsThe trailer will house safety education modules and hands-on activities covering grain dust explosions, chemical and respiratory irritation of the eyes and lungs, equipment handling, ATVs, fall protection, and more.
National Safety Council News
- Safety advice on social media: Do your images match your message?
- Study shows cocoa, other flavanol-rich foods can boost brain power
- Study shows age isn’t a barrier to successful weight loss
- WHO updates physical activity guidelines
- Study links high-fat, high-sugar diet to muscle pain
- State laws can influence teen cellphone use while driving: study
- Can lifestyle changes reduce cognitive decline? Australian study explores
- Alcohol and your health: Researchers look at the effects of daily drinking
- COVID-19 can spread quickly within households, study finds
- Big dinner, bad nutrition? Study explores eating in the evening
- COVID-19 pandemic: Database of EPA-approved disinfectants now exceeds 500 listings
- USDA study finds people not handling and heating frozen foods safely
- ATV-related head and neck injuries among kids still too common, researchers say
- Teens who hold off on getting a driver’s license may lack key safety instruction, study shows
- Glass tables responsible for more than 2 million injuries every year, researchers say