Feature: Should healthcare professionals do more to warn their patients about the risks of air pollution?
Healthcare providers have an important role to play in informing patients about the risks of air pollution, but they are only one part of the jigsaw, Tamara Krivskaya reports. In February, the Mayor of London said the NHS should step up its efforts to inform patients about the risks of air pollution. The announcement followed […]
Leave your shoes outdoors, these scientists say
We are environmental chemists who have spent a decade examining the indoor environment and the contaminants people are exposed to in their own homes. Although our examination of the indoor environment, via our DustSafe program, is far from complete, on the question of whether to shoe or de-shoe in the home, the science leans toward […]
COVID is airborne and why it took WHO 2 years to admit it
FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—Earlier this year, President Rodrigo Duterte expressed bewilderment about how Omicron, a variant of the COVID-causing virus SARS Cov-2, was able to infect more people, including those who just stayed home. “This Omicron has hit so many people who wear masks, who are vaccinated. Even those who just stay at home, they […]
Addressing the history and inequities in drinking water advisories
Access to clean drinking water is recognized as a human right by the United Nations (UN) and the quality of water is a determinant of human and ecosystem health. Canada holds over 20 per cent of the global freshwater supply, yet marginalized communities continue to be affected by drinking water advisories because drinking water supplies […]
Colorado environmental officials seek millions more to fight pollution
With the threat of missing another benchmark for improving air quality hovering like a blanket of summer smog, Colorado’s top environmental officials are asking the legislature for $47 million to hire more people and build better technology for monitoring unhealthy air, especially along the northern Front Range. Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division expects the Environmental […]
Red Hill Elementary remains cautious after drinking water contamination
Red Hill Elementary remains cautious after drinking water contamination | Honolulu Star-Advertiser Photos by Jamm Aquino | April 10, 2022 JAMM AQUINO / [email protected] Principal Komarey Moss shows the bottled water supply inside one of the pre-school classrooms at Red Hill Elementary School on April 7. Red Hill Elementary School, one of the schools affected […]
5 Easter gifts that aren’t chocolate – Royal Examiner
When the weather starts to warm up, it’s time to take care of your spring cleaning and yard work. Here’s a list of tasks to complete both inside and outside your home. Inside 1. Sort through your belongings and throw away, sell and donate what you no longer need.2. Air out each room.3. Dust and […]
Board Of Water Supply Won’t Compromise Safety For Oahu Customers
The Honolulu Board of Water Supply would like to thank Civil Beat columnist Danny De Gracia for his efforts to continue the conversation regarding the ongoing drinking water crisis caused by the contamination of Oahu’s irreplaceable sole-source aquifer from the U.S. Navy’s operations at Red Hill. We cannot let this issue disappear; so long as […]
Funding Deadline Extended to April 11 – Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Funding Available for Private Schools Throughout California | News
– Emergency Funding for at least $180M available to California K-12 Non-Public Schools (NPS) through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Emergency Assistance to Non-public Schools (EANS II) Program. – BOX Pure Air is the predominant listed vendor in the Vendor Selection and Services – Federal Stimulus Funding (CA Dept of Education) for Portable Air Purification […]
Josef Newgarden holds off Grosjean, Palou to win Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. — A game of leapfrog during the pit sequences, an in-lap that went terribly wrong for the polesitter and a late-race caution turned IndyCar’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on its head multiple times Sunday. When the dust settled, last month’s race-winner at Texas, Josef Newgarden, got the best of the defending […]