by Ellie Cabell | March 31, 2022 | COVID-19, Health
Consumer Reports tested the packaging of over 100 food products from US restaurants and grocery stores and found PFAS chemicals in many of them. PFAS, called “forever chemicals,” are man-made chemical products that have been used worldwide since the 1950s, most...
by Liam Smith | October 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Drinking Water, Health, Industry, Irrigation, Population, Uncategorized, Wastewater, Water
Heather Tanana, a resident of the Navajo Nation and an assistant professor at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, recently authored a report which found that tribes are facing water shortages, lack of indoor plumbing, and water contamination...
by Ellie Cabell | February 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Drinking Water, Health, Uncategorized, Water
by Ellie Cabell | February 4, 2021 | COVID-19, Energy
Covid-19 has affected the world in ways we don’t often think about. One is energy usage. Globally, the energy market has seen the largest reduction in consumption in 70 years. In the first quarter of 2020, demand for energy fell by 3.8% compared to 2019....
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | July 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Fashion, Industrial Pollution, Uncategorized
At first thought, any mask is a good mask in fighting the spread of Covid-19. But not so fast … It turns out that masks with valves – think masks for painting and other industrial, clean-up and crafting uses – might do more harm than good. In fact,...