MSNBC-NBC News Medical Contributor, Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, talks to host Ayman Mohyeldin about the need for widespread and *accurate* testing of COVID-19; promising new results of the antiviral medication, Remdesivir; and the impact of warm summer weather on the spread of the novel coronavirus infection. This video was first …
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[ad_1] Before novel coronavirus cases were reported in the Dutch city of Amersfoort, an hour south of Amsterdam, scientists found traces of the virus in the sewage system. The new study from the Netherlands signals the possibility that testing at wastewater facilities could act as an early warning system for Covid-19. …
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[ad_1] Testing, testing, testing – the novel coronavirus has revealed the critical importance of swift and accurate testing and reporting, something that for decades the Environmental Working Group has advocated for across multiple areas of public health and the environment. The rate of new cases of the virus within different countries …
Read More »EWG Applauds Introduction of Minnesota State Water Well Testing Bill H.F. 3950
[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS – After issuing back-to-back reports highlighting the increasing threat of nitrate pollution from agriculture poses to Minnesotans’ sourcing of drinking water from private wells, the Midwest office of the Environmental Working Group today released a letter in support of Minnesota House File 3950. H.F. 3950 requires water testing …
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We leave no stone unturned for episode 21 of the SolarQuotes Vodcast – filmed 28/06/19 0:36 – SolarQuotes To Help Pollinate Install More Off-Grid Solar In India … source Y Not Freakin’ Recyclable Home
Read More »California Bills Would Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Firefighting Foam, Expand Testing of Water for All PFAS Chemicals
[ad_1] For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Tuesday the California Senate introduced two bills to address the growing contamination crisis of toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS. One bill would ban the chemicals in firefighting foam – one of the largest sources of PFAS contamination …
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