14 Summer Health Hazards to Avoid
Sea Lice
Your Feet Waited All Winter
Run-in With a Bear
Mowing Injuries
Is That a Shark Fin?
Are You Sure You Want to Eat That?
Ocean Dangers
Brain-Eating Amoeba
Grills
West Nile Virus
Ouch, My Foot!
Sunburn
Extreme Heat
Pool Risks
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SOURCES:
American Podiatric Medical Association: “Flip-Flops.”
National Park Service: “Staying Safe Around Bears.”
Consumer Product Safety Commission Fact Sheet: “Power Lawn Mowers.”
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: “7 Dangers at the Beach.”
FDA: “Eating Outdoors, Handling Food Safely -- Food Facts.”
Washington State Department of Ecology: “Sneaker Waves.”
CDC: “Naegleria fowleri -- Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) -- Swimming,” “West Nile Virus,” and “Unintentional Drowning -- Get the Facts.”
National Fire Protection Association: “Grilling Safety Tips.”
American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons: “Foot Health Facts -- Puncture Wounds.”
Mayo Clinic: “Heat Stroke -- Prevention.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Heat-Related Illnesses (Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke.”
Medscape: “Seabather's Eruption.”
Diver’s Alert Network: "Debunking the Sea Lice Myth.”