Welcome  to  public  health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. This  week,  families  across the  United  States  will  be involved  in  all  kinds  of  events  as they  celebrate  summer  and  the  independence  of our  nation  to  ensure  that  our  fun  time  is  also  safe. Nancy  Knock,  in  a  professor  of Environmental  Health  Sciences  at the  University  of  Minnesota, recommends  a  dose  of  common  sense  when the  kids  are  out  riding  their  bikes  or  on  skateboards, just  including  their  helmets, making  sure  that  they've  got them  along  and  they're  wearing them  and  they  fit  also  with  water  safety. Some  of  the  first  things  are  just  making  sure that  the  children  have  had  swimming  lessons. Sometimes  they  have  some  false  confidence, I  think  that  they  can  protect themselves  or  that  they  can  swim  in  water. But  if  the  currents  are  a  little  bit  stronger, it's  good  if  they  actually  have  had  some  formal  lessons. Knock  Riner  also  recommends  wearing life  jackets  when  you  are  in  or  near  the  water. Use  sunscreen  and  insect  repellent  and  making  sure  that you're  wearing  sunglasses  and a  hat  with  a  brim  on  it  to  protect  yourself. If  there  is  a  chance  that the  children  have  had  some  sunburn  or  adults, you  want  to  make  sure  that  you  have some  cold  compress  that  you  can  put  on  the  skin, even  if  you're  out somewhere  and  don't  have  access  to  like, a,  an  ice  pack. Even  if  you  have  some  frozen  vegetables or  something  that  you  could  put  on  your  skin, that  would  help  with  another  public  health  moment. I'm  John  Finnegan.