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Tag: solid waste

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 […]

The city of Cary's wastewater treatment plant, where officials are monitoring raw sewage for the coronavirus: Photo credit: City of Cary
Posted inInfectious Disease

If the coronavirus rebounds, Cary could be the first to know

by Greg Barnes June 9, 2020June 8, 2020
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
A municipal drinking water plant. Unlike at a private well, water is treated for bactria and for chemicals such as 1.4 dioxane at a central location, then pumped through pipes to residents. This can symbolize 1,4 dioxane contamination and clean water.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Florence Adds to Woes of Struggling Water and Sewer Systems

by Carolina Public Press October 10, 2018October 9, 2018
shows a large machine for making spray, pointed over a pond and field, with mist in the air
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Environmental Bills Shaping Up Post-Deadline

by Catherine Clabby May 1, 2017May 2, 2017

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