"Coronavirus: Testing Sewage An 'Easy Win'" [1]
"A sewage-based coronavirus test could be an 'easy win' that would pick up infection spikes up to 10 days earlier than with existing medical-based tests."
"A sewage-based coronavirus test could be an 'easy win' that would pick up infection spikes up to 10 days earlier than with existing medical-based tests."
"A new report by the Shriver Center on Poverty Law highlights the disproportionate manner in which Superfund sites – home to the country’s most hazardous waste – affect low-income people of color in the U.S."
"DETROIT — Groundwater contamination at the former Electro-Plating services facility that was determined to be the source of a green ooze leak last year will be treated by injecting chemicals into the soil and treating the contaminants in place."
"The public deserves to know which companies have taken advantage of the EPA’s relaxed pandemic-era enforcement policy, even as the agency starts to wind down the approach, environmental lawyers told a federal court."
"Testing has found positive cases at North Carolina facilities, but officials refuse to release the information".
"Coronavirus infections in the United States surged nearly 50 percent in June as states relaxed quarantine rules and tried to reopen their economies, data compiled Wednesday showed, and several states moved to reimpose restrictions on bars and recreation."
"A federal fisheries management agency has barred some of its employees from making formal references to the COVID-19 pandemic without preapproval from leadership, according to an internal agency document."
"The New Hampshire House passed a bill Tuesday that would put into law some of country’s toughest drinking water standards for a group of toxic chemicals and provides tens of millions of dollars to help communities in the state meet the rules."
"A U.N. body has eased a greenhouse gas reduction plan at the urging of the airline industry, which cited the coronavirus’ financial damage as an obstacle to achieving the plan’s intended targets."
"A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in case it becomes a potential “pandemic virus”, a study said, although experts said there is no imminent threat."
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
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[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
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[8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
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[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-report-underscores-racial-prejudices-superfund-sites
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
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[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/michigan-epa-announce-plan-clean-green-ooze-site
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
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