COVID-19 exposure possible outside of home isolation rooms – YubaNet
January 27, 2022 – A Rutgers study has detected tiny airborne particles containing RNA from the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, both inside and outside of the rooms in which infected people were self-isolating at home. This finding suggests that airborne transmission beyond the isolation rooms in homes may pose a risk of infection to other […]
COVID-19 Exposure Possible Outside of Home Isolation Rooms
Newswise — A Rutgers study has detected tiny airborne particles containing RNA from the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, both inside and outside of the rooms in which infected people were self-isolating at home. This finding suggests that airborne transmission beyond the isolation rooms in homes may pose a risk of infection to other home occupants. […]
OSHA Updates Safety Guidance on Using Robotic Systems
The U.S. cleaning industry is among the trades using robotic technologies to perform dangerous or repetitive tasks. As these systems become more collaborative and mobile, they also introduce new hazards for those who work with and alongside them. In response to these hazards, the U.S Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has […]
Gatineau students make their own filters to help improve air quality
What do you get when you put furnace filters, a box fan and whole lot of duct tape together? An experiential learning project about air filters that helps during the COVID-19 pandemic. About 150 students in upper grades at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School in the Hull sector of Gatineau, Que., built air filters for […]
Rethinking cooking with gas | Stanford News
Humans have cooked with fire for millennia, but it may be time for a change. Natural gas appliances warm the planet in two ways: generating carbon dioxide by burning natural gas as a fuel and leaking unburned methane into the air. A new Stanford-led study reveals that the methane leaking from natural gas-burning stoves inside […]
Johnson Controls Debuts OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality as a Service
A survey of Johnson Control customers found 60% are actively investing in indoor air quality-related measures. Johnson Controls, a technology company, announces the launch of OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality as a Service, said to be the first dedicated “as-a-service” indoor air quality (IAQ) solution for buildings. OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality as a Service provides customers […]
PM2.5 Dose-Response: Function or Fiction?
The GBD’s objectives are “to systematically incorporate information on non-fatal outcomes into the assessment of health status” and “ensure that all estimates and projections were derived on the basis of objective epidemiological and demographic methods, which were not influenced by advocates.” [emphasis added]. This dose-response function (DRF) extends from 1 μg/m3 to 600 μg/m3. It […]
Bingle refuses mask in City Council office, sparks controversy
Spokane City Councilman Jonathan Bingle refuses to wear a mask around others in City Hall, raising legal questions and causing his colleagues consternation. Bingle is openly flouting the state of Washington’s mask order, which requires everyone over the age of five to wear a mask in most indoor public spaces regardless of vaccination status. He […]
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law directs $100 million to lower heating and cooling bills
(WFXR) — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Tuesday, Jan. 25, the release of $100 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help families pay their outstanding heating and cooling bills. White House highlights effort to cover winter heating bills The $100 million is the first installment of a […]
ASU volunteers build DIY air filters to help Valley schools fight COVID-19
January 26, 2022 Students use donated materials to construct Corsi-Rosenthal boxes, which are given to K–12 classrooms As part of Arizona State University’s pandemic response teams, infectious disease epidemiologist Megan Jehn has been part of measuring the effectiveness of countermeasures such as face coverings. Searching for ways to counter COVID-19 in school settings led her to another way […]