Category: Public health
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Water Industry Warned That Covid-19 Could Be Here For Years
A warning has been issued to the water industry by the founder and chairman of tech and innovation consultancy Isle Utilities that Covid-19 could potentially be around for two to three years until a vaccine has been found and more than three billion people vaccinated. Speaking at British Water’s Better Together video conference at the…
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E.P.A. Opts Against Limits on Water Contaminant Tied to Fetal Damage
Photo: Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Capitol Hill in March. Credit… Drew Angerer/Getty Images A new E.P.A. policy on perchlorate, which is used in rocket fuel, would revoke a 2011 finding that the chemical should be regulated. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will not impose any limits on perchlorate, a toxic…
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$5 million Allocated for Lead Testing in California Child Care Centers
Assistance prioritized for Child Care Centers caring for infants May 4, 2020 Contact: Edward Ortiz (Edward.Ortiz@waterboards.ca.gov) SACRAMENTO – The State Water Resources Control Board has executed an agreement to provide approximately $5 million in grant funds for testing and remediation of lead in drinking water at licensed Child Care Centers. The passage of Assembly Bill…
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Single Systems: Great Lakes cities’ sewer designs mean waste in the waters
The video shot in the summer of 2016 is grisly. In it, Mark Mattson, co-founder of the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, displays materials skimmed from the Toronto harbor, which lies along the northwestern end of Lake Ontario. As his small boat bobs in the water, he lays them on a wooden oar: slimy condoms, tampons and…
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Water shut-offs pose safety risks during coronavirus pandemic
Imagine this, if you will. You’re a young dad. Three children, 3, 5 and 7. They’re not in school or daycare because the schools and daycare centers in your state have been closed down because of COVID-19, a coronavirus that spreads from person to person and that has already infected more than 140,000 people and…
