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Here’s what we all should learn from that scary tampon study

Association of Health Care Journalists

The CDC report notes that all four hospitals used the same brand of ice machine, filters and sanitizing products. The CDC recently published a report on 23 new cases — in addition to 23 known previous ones — of bacterial infections with Burkholderia multivorans from the contained water and ice from ice machines at four different hospitals.

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Ghee Tested for Toxic Phthalates — Buying Guide

Mercola

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Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling from Helene

NC Health News

He is an engineering professor at North Carolina State University who focuses on sanitation systems. Barring any changes, the region is at risk of simply rebuilding what it has, only to watch it all wash away in the next big flood, said Francis de los Reyes.

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Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Taint Rural California Drinking Water, Far From Known Sources

KFF Health News

Greg Kester, director of renewable resource programs at the California Association of Sanitation Agencies, said there are benefits to using biosolids as fertilizer, including improved soil health, increased crop yields, reduced irrigation needs, and carbon sequestration. “Spread the poop somewhere else, away from us.”

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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources

HEALTHBEAT

Greg Kester, director of renewable resource programs at the California Association of Sanitation Agencies, said there are benefits to using biosolids as fertilizer, including improved soil health, increased crop yields, reduced irrigation needs, and carbon sequestration. Spread the poop somewhere else, away from us.