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Tag: sanitation

Photo shows a young Black man in a hat and mask placing a garbage can in a driveway. Sanitation workers face the daily effects of coronavirus.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Sanitation workers soldier on during COVID crisis despite risks

by Aaliyah Bowden July 9, 2020January 29, 2021

By Aaliyah Bowden Three days before Micheal Robinson Jr. found out that his superintendent had died in the hospital from the novel coronavirus, he learned that his cousin-in-law in New York had also died from COVID-19. Adrian Grubbs, a sanitation worker in Raleigh, was among the first few COVID-19 deaths in North Carolina. News of […]

A shipping container used as a communal toilet outside Durban, South Africa, holds a new toilet prototype designed by researchers at Duke University
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Can a better toilet save lives? Duke researchers hope so.

by Greg Barnes February 20, 2020February 20, 2020
Photo shows a simple brick pump house with a sign on the door that reads, "In case of alarm or emergency call..."
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Aging Sewer Systems Spell Trouble Across North Carolina

by Greg Barnes November 27, 2018September 5, 2022
Click on the image to go to the North Carolina Flood Risk Information System map.
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Public Health

Sea Level Rise Threatens Public Health Infrastructure

by Editor April 14, 2014February 24, 2021
Image courtesy Sustainable Sanitation, flickr creative commons
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Public Health, Research News

Triangle Researchers are Building a Better Toilet

by Editor February 28, 2014March 6, 2014

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