by Gary Chandler | Aug 21, 2020 | Public Health, Wastewater Management
Sewage A Pathway That Demands New Risk Assessments Scientists are unraveling mysteries surrounding the coronavirus every day. One of the most unusual discoveries deserves further inspection because it represents a double-edged sword in the battle against the pandemic....
by Gary Chandler | Jul 9, 2020 | Public Health, Wastewater Management
Risk Assessments Ignore Prion Contamination The United States produces about 33 billion gallons of wastewater every day. Meanwhile, agriculture uses about 128 billion gallons of water every day. The government hopes to close the gap with municipal wastewater reuse and...
by Gary Chandler | Apr 11, 2020 | Local Government, Public Health
Obama, Bloomberg Offer Advice On Virus Management Participants from more than 300 cities around the world, including mayors, local leaders, and members of response teams joined Bloomberg Philanthropies’ virtual COVID-19 Local Response Initiative, where President...
by Gary Chandler | Apr 8, 2019 | Climate Change, Public Health
Sustainable Cities Now About Resilience Climate change is already driving mass migration around the globe. Military and security experts believe that climate change will fuel future migration patterns more than any other factor, which represents a humanitarian...
by Gary Chandler | Mar 3, 2017 | Public Health, Wastewater Management
Wastewater Reclamation Based On Fraudulent Risk Assessment Thanks to flawed risk assessments, cities are spreading an unstoppable pathogen when they spread sewage sludge on land. It’s time to reclassify sewage sludge and biosolids as infectious waste and put it...
by Gary Chandler | Nov 1, 2016 | Air Pollution, Public Health
Air Pollution An Extreme Threat To Public Health By Mike Ives, The New York Times The World Health Organization said Tuesday that 92 percent of people breathe what it classifies as unhealthy air, in another sign that atmospheric pollution is a significant threat to...
