Feb. 28-March 4 is Flood Safety Awareness Week
By Patrick Lynn As winter melts away to spring, it also marks a return to flood season. Flooding from melting snow or heavy rain is one of the most common and most costly natural hazards in Wisconsin. To encourage everyone in the state to be prepared, Gov. Tony Evers has declared Feb. 28 – March […]
How to donate and help Support the people of Ukraine From NJ
It seems like the world is watching as the war in Ukraine continues and each day we see and hear about more innocent victims from the war are affected. Innocent citizens, of all ages, are being affected. Safe housing, food and drinking water is becoming harder to find and assistance is needed. It has […]
See Sustainable Design Choices of a
Lake City, Colo., Feb. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Green Builder Announces ReVISION House Austin’s Big Reveal! The freshly remodeled ReVISION House Austin, built in the early 2000s, had the right bones but the wrong flow and finishes. Now, it has been completely upcycled into a fabulous green masterpiece. Featuring a tightly insulated envelope, optimum […]
NIOSH Finds Evidence Supporting Universal Masking
While universal masking alone provided a reduced level of exposure to infectious particles, researchers with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found evidence supporting a layered approach—physical distancing, ventilation, and masking—to control the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Results of a study out of NIOSH’s Health Effects Laboratory in […]
Childcare gastro on the rise
The Department of Health has warned that viral gastroenteritis is on the rise in Victorian early childhood education and care services. Youngsters mix and congregate closely with other children and adults in care settings, and readily pass the bugs on to others and bring them home to family members. There have been 104 outbreaks of […]
No GST on Supply of Desalinated Water for Distribution as Safe Drinking Water to Public: AAR
By Rasheela Basheer – On February 28, 2022 5:04 pm The Chennai bench of the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) has held that GST is not applicable on the supply of desalinated water for distribution as safe drinking water to public. The applicant, Chennai Water Desalination Limited, is engaged in the activity of sale simpliciter […]
Sharing The Main Advantages Of Diatomaceous Earth (I)
Diatomaceous earth coating additive products, with large porosity, strong absorption, stable chemical properties, wear resistance, heat resistance and other characteristics, can provide excellent surface properties, volume, thickening and improve adhesion for coatings. Due to its large pore volume, it can shorten the drying time of the coating film. It can also reduce the amount of […]
Clean the air in your home in 2022
Sure, electric air purifiers are great, but what about the original air-purifying “devices?” Good old air-purifying houseplants have been taking our carbon dioxide and other pollution and chemicals and turning it into oxygen since, well, the dawn of time. Whether you’re already a houseplant parent or are just getting into the indoor gardening hobby […]
UMD students, faculty build low-cost air filtration devices
University of Maryland faculty and students are building and distributing cost-effective air filtration devices throughout the College Park area. Since the beginning of February, students and faculty in the public health school have been making Corsi-Rosenthal boxes. The devices are box fans doctored up with cardboard, five furnace filters and “a lot of duct tape.” […]
Failed Varian cleanup raises questions | News
BEVERLY — In September 2000, city officials wanted Varian to test the bedrock on a certain section of its former property to see if that could be a source of the toxic chemicals spreading to the nearby neighborhood. The company pushed back, saying the tests weren’t necessary. In November 2021 — more than two decades […]