New gear: Aegina-Pure water purifier
Ultraviolet water purification systems are all the rage at the moment, and the Aegina-Pure water purifier is designed with boats in mind. The Aegina-Pure water purifier is designed by PRP Optoelectronics in Swindon and uses UVC light generated by low-energy LEDs to neutralise the water coming from your tanks. What is more, it can communicate […]
Workplace hygiene is everyone’s business
As Australia opens up, the key question is how do we ensure that newly adopted hygiene habits from the last two years are not forgotten about, he says. “There has been so much advice from health brands and government bodies that it can be difficult to determine what are the right measures and products needed […]
White House pivots to air quality focus for COVID-19 infection control – Clinical Daily News
The White House has embraced a model of COVID-19 transmission that could help shift infection prevention efforts toward indoor air quality and industrial hygiene. A public webinar set for Tuesday, March 29 at 12:30 p.m., EST, will discuss this. In a blog post released last week titled “Let’s Clear the Air on COVID,” a top […]
Rick Bright, Others Offer Advice for Holding Back Another COVID-19 Surge
COVID-19 cases are soaring in China, Hong Kong, the U.K. and parts of Europe. At the same time, the U.S. focus is transitioning from developing vaccines and therapeutics to dealing with endemic COVID-19. The Demy-Colton Virtual Salon, Getting to the Next Normal: A Roadmap for Living with COVID, explored what we can expect in the […]
World Water Day being marked today « Khabarhub
KATHMANDU: Nepal is also observing the World Water Day (WWD) by organizing various programs across the country today. The WWD is marked every year on March 22. The WWD was announced by the UN Conference on Environment and Development held in Reo de Janeiro, a city in Brazil in 1992. Internalizing the framework on Agenda […]
Why do I (and my kids) get so many colds? And with all this COVID around, should we be isolating too?
As we head towards winter, the likelihood of picking up a pesky cold increases. But COVID changes how we approach sore throats and runny noses. If you have cold symptoms and return negative rapid antigen tests, isolating isn’t mandatory – but it’s a good idea. But how long should you stay away from others when […]
The Fighter | University of Notre Dame
There’s a clear correlation between race and household income in the area and the number of chemical plants sited nearby. The 4th and 5th districts, which contain more plants than any other districts in St. James, are home to populations that are 64 percent and 90 percent Black, respectively, with nearly a third of residents […]
Trumansburg Elementary closed Monday, remote Tuesday, as staff cases spike
The Trumansburg Elementary School “has twenty-one (21) staff members that are either COVID-19 positive or home ill with symptoms,” said Trumansburg superintendent of schools Kimberly Bell in a message to families on Sunday morning. “We cannot safely provide classroom coverage with this volume of absent teachers. For this reason, we have made the difficult decision […]
Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively donate to Indigenous drinking water effort
Article content The Student Advocates for Public Health (SAPH), a group of U of A grad students, hosted a media availability last week calling for clean drinking water for all Indigenous communities throughout the country. During the media availability, Randal Bell, a member of SAPH, said 43 per cent of all First Nations drinking water […]
Biomass is not health neutral
Even as Congress declares that biomass is carbon neutral, burning it puts thousands of lives at risk. In the $1.5 trillion spending bill recently passed by Congress, lawmakers codified a declaration that biomass taken from forests is “carbon neutral.” Putting aside the many questions and conditions that need to be met in order for this to be true and the potential impacts on biodiversity, […]