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Ludhiana: Shivpuri residents fume over contaminated water supply
1 month ago

Ludhiana: Shivpuri residents fume over contaminated water supply

Hindustan Times  

Residents of Luxmi street, Thapar Mohalla and Shankarpuri colonies in the Shivpuri area have been getting contaminated water supply for long. They claimed that due to the improper disposal of dyeing waste and faulty sewage systems, wastewater from such factories seeps into the underground potable water pipeline, making the water stinky and polluted. Ravi Sharma, a resident of Thapar Mohalla, …

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H5N1 bird flu might be more prevalent among humans than public health data shows
1 month, 1 week ago

H5N1 bird flu might be more prevalent among humans than public health data shows

The Independent  

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Bird flu virus found in Los Angeles County wastewater
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bird flu virus found in Los Angeles County wastewater

LA Times  

Los Angeles County health officials said they have detected H5N1 bird flu virus in wastewater collected from the A.K. Hits were The Carson plant processes wastewater from roughly 50% of L.A. County’s population, said Annabelle de St. Maurice, the L.A. County Department of Public Health’s director of community outbreak and syndromic surveillance. In addition, she said, the county is working …

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Wastewater, infectious diseases and bird flu: what awaits the new Centre for Disease Control
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Wastewater, infectious diseases and bird flu: what awaits the new Centre for Disease Control

ABC  

Amid growing warnings of more pandemics, the Australian government will create a permanent centre to monitor and respond to public health risks like COVID-19. Australians unlikely to accept lockdowns again, independent COVID review says Photo shows People queue while wearing masks Australia's COVID-19 response frayed after early successes, damaging the public's trust, a federal government review has found. Health Minister …

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Wastewater Offers an Early Alarm System for Another Deadly Virus
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Wastewater Offers an Early Alarm System for Another Deadly Virus

Wired  

Toward the end of last year, US health authorities got a tip-off about an upcoming wave of respiratory syncytial virus, a seasonal virus that kills 160,000 people globally every year. By regularly testing virus levels in public wastewater, health institutions are able to target treatments and interventions to the worst-affected areas before doctors on the ground realize something’s going on. …

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Greater Noida authority to rope in experts for different departments
3 months ago

Greater Noida authority to rope in experts for different departments

Hindustan Times  

The Greater Noida authority has decided to rope in experts in different departments, including health, sports, horticulture and wastewater treatment to streamline its functioning, said officials aware of the development on Thursday. The authority needs one expert consultant each in five departments of solid waste management, wastewater treatment, horticulture, water management and sports, said officials. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The …

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Wastewater calls for caution
3 months ago

Wastewater calls for caution

China Daily  

Nuclear-contaminated wastewater is released from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the ocean on Aug 24. That China and Japan have reached a consensus recently, after several rounds of negotiations, on some issues related to Japan's discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was destroyed by an earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011 is indeed good news. …

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Wastewater calls for caution
3 months ago

Wastewater calls for caution

China Daily  

Nuclear-contaminated wastewater is released from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the ocean on Aug 24. That China and Japan have reached a consensus recently, after several rounds of negotiations, on some issues related to Japan's discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was destroyed by an earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011 is indeed good news. …

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Depressed fish? How Prozac in lakes and rivers may harm aquatic life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Depressed fish? How Prozac in lakes and rivers may harm aquatic life

Al Jazeera  

An Australian study has found fish in freshwater lakes and rivers with traces of the anti-depressant, fluoxetine. Traces of the anti-depressant, fluoxetine – often better known by its commercial name, Prozac – have been detected by an Australian-Italian joint study of lakes and rivers, and may be affecting freshwater fish. However, the male guppies also exhibited lower sperm mobility – …

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Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

Associated Press  

Polio vaccines for more than 1 million people have been delivered to Gaza, Israel’s military said Sunday, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century. The new statement by the Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs said five trucks with special refrigeration equipment for vaccine storage were brought into Gaza on Friday …

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China urges independent, effective, long-term intl supervision over Fukushima wastewater discharge
4 months ago

China urges independent, effective, long-term intl supervision over Fukushima wastewater discharge

China Daily  

A view of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug 25, 2023. BEIJING - A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday urged Japan to cooperate fully in creating an independent, effective and long-term international monitoring scheme with substantive participation of its neighbors and other stakeholders over the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled …

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First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say
4 months, 1 week ago

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian health officials on Friday reported the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, the first case in years in the coastal enclave that has been engulfed in the Israel-Hamas war since Oct. 7. After discovering the child’s symptoms, tests were conducted in Jordan’s capital of Amman …

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Sweet nothings
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sweet nothings

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Did you know that artificial sweeteners can be harmful not only to human health but also to the environment? According to Prof Aparna Kuna, principal scientist and head of the MFPI — Quality Control Laboratory at Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, artificial sweeteners are classified as ‘emerging pollutants’ or ‘emerging contaminants’. Dr G Niharika, assistant professor and …

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Here’s what to know about Seine River water quality during the Paris Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Here’s what to know about Seine River water quality during the Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century. Here are key things to know: Paris, like many old cities around the world, has a combined sewer system, which means that the city’s wastewater and stormwater flow through the same pipes. To prepare for the Paris Games, the city built a giant basin …

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Here’s what to know about Seine River water quality during the Paris Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Here’s what to know about Seine River water quality during the Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century. To prepare for the Paris Games, the city built a giant basin to capture excess rainwater and keep untreated waste from flowing into the river, renovated the sewage system and upgraded water treatment plants. “The city of Paris has done a lot of work …

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COVID in California keeps rising: Wastewater levels worse than last summer
5 months ago

COVID in California keeps rising: Wastewater levels worse than last summer

LA Times  

Across the nation, COVID-19’s shadow has become more pronounced lately, with the usual seasonal uptick in travel and socialization spawning a fresh spate of infections. Coronavirus levels in California’s wastewater now exceed last summer’s peak, an indication of the rapid spread of the super-contagious new FLiRT strains. For the week that ended July 14, L.A. County reported that 2.8% of …

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Here are the numbers: COVID-19 is ticking up in some places, but levels remain low
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Here are the numbers: COVID-19 is ticking up in some places, but levels remain low

Associated Press  

Here’s a look at the state of COVID-19 in the U.S. as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention establishes its latest advice on vaccinations. Nearly 26,000 people died from COVID-19 in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 9, 2021 — the highest weekly toll in the pandemic. Cases Individual COVID-19 cases are no longer tracked, but health officials …

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Maine’s biggest water district sues over so-called forever chemicals
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Maine’s biggest water district sues over so-called forever chemicals

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — The biggest water district in Maine is suing manufacturers of so-called forever chemicals in the hopes of recouping costs of monitoring and treating polluted wastewater. The Portland Water District lawsuit comes as the cost of the disposal of PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge has doubled from $1.6 million to $3.2 million over the last three years, and Portland has …

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Flu season is over, but there is a viral surge in California wastewater. Is it avian flu?
7 months, 1 week ago

Flu season is over, but there is a viral surge in California wastewater. Is it avian flu?

LA Times  

An unusual surge in flu viruses detected at wastewater treatment plants in California and other parts of the country is raising concerns among some experts that H5N1 bird flu may be spreading farther and faster than health officers initially thought. Alexandria Boehm, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University and principal investigator and program director for WastewaterSCAN — …

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Experts blast CDC over failure to test sewage for signs of H5N1 bird flu virus
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Experts blast CDC over failure to test sewage for signs of H5N1 bird flu virus

LA Times  

It emerged as a powerful tool for public health officers during the COVID-19 pandemic, when it was used to gauge the prevalence of coronavirus in communities across the nation. But wastewater surveillance — the testing of sewage for signs of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, poliovirus and mpox virus — has yet to be employed in the tracking of H5N1 bird …

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China halts all Japanese seafood imports over 'selfish' Fukushima release
1 year, 3 months ago

China halts all Japanese seafood imports over 'selfish' Fukushima release

Firstpost  

Japan began discharging treated contaminated water from the stricken plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday in an operation it insists is safe but which has generated a fierce backlash from China China on Thursday banned all Japanese seafood imports over what it said was the “selfish” release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Japan began discharging treated …

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Don’t waste the wastewater
1 year, 5 months ago

Don’t waste the wastewater

The Hindu  

John Snow, a physician in London, found himself in the middle of a devastating cholera outbreak in 1854. Wastewater surveillance for known or new health threats offers many benefits for enhancing public health efforts. For instance, efforts to strengthen public health laboratory networks could incorporate the testing of wastewater samples into surveillance reporting. Successful integration will rely on public health …

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‘Absolutely logical’ for Fukushima water release to attract attention, IAEA chief says amid criticism
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Absolutely logical’ for Fukushima water release to attract attention, IAEA chief says amid criticism

The Independent  

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South Korean lawmakers berate IAEA chief over Japanese plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater
1 year, 5 months ago

South Korean lawmakers berate IAEA chief over Japanese plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean opposition lawmakers sharply criticized the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog on Sunday for its approval of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. The IAEA last week approved the Japanese discharge plans, saying the process would meet international safety standards and pose negligible environmental and health …

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