Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment Committee

1. Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment Committee Goals and Objectives for Action

2. Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals Air Quality • Reduce exposure to criteria air pollutants in ambient air, particularly ambient ozone and particulate matter • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources in NYS by at least 7% from 2013 levels • Reduce asthma hospitalization and ED visits for children and adults with poorly controlled asthma by reducing home exposure to common asthma triggers that contribute to preventable exacerbations • Reduce CO poisonings in New York State Water Quality • Increase the percentage of State residents that receive optimally fluoridated public drinking water (baseline: 72.4%) • Reduce public health impacts created by contaminated private drinking water wells • Implement measures to address water quality challenges posed by land development and climate change Food Safety • Address Leading Contributing Factors to Foodborne Disease Outbreaks • Increase New York State’s Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Response Capacity • Modernize New York State Food Safety Regulations Injuries/Occupational • Reduce fall risks among older adults • Reduce sports-related injuries and illnesses among youth • Reduce injuries among high-risk occupational groups (e.g. construction, health care, transportation) • Increase the effectiveness of youth violence and suicide prevention • Improve surveillance of work-related injuries and illnesses Place/Community Environments • Improve the design of the built environment to promote physical activity, sustainability and adaptation to climate change.

3. Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals Air Quality • Reduce exposure to criteria air pollutants in ambient air, particularly ambient ozone and particulate matter • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources in NYS by at least 7% from 2013 levels • Reduce asthma hospitalization and ED visits for children and adults with poorly controlled asthma by reducing home exposure to common asthma triggers that contribute to preventable exacerbations • Reduce CO poisonings in New York State

4. Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals Water Quality • Increase the percentage of State residents that receive optimally fluoridated public drinking water (baseline: 72.4%) • Reduce public health impacts created by contaminated private drinking water wells • Implement measures to address water quality challenges posed by land development and climate change

5. Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals Food Safety • Address Leading Contributing Factors to Foodborne Disease Outbreaks • Increase New York State’s Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Response Capacity • Modernize New York State Food Safety Regulations

6. Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals Injuries/Occupational • Reduce fall risks among older adults • Reduce sports-related injuries and illnesses among youth • Reduce injuries among high-risk occupational groups (e.g. construction, health care, transportation) • Increase the effectiveness of youth violence and suicide prevention • Improve surveillance of work-related injuries and illnesses

7. Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals Place/Community Environments • Improve the design of the built environment to promote physical activity, sustainability and adaptation to climate change.