About 1 of every 25 deaths in the U.S. occurs prematurely because of exposure to air pollution. Dirty air kills roughly 110,000 Americans yearly, which is more than all transportation accidents and shootings combined. We identified a set of low-cost actions to reduce air pollutant emissions from highly polluting industrial and residential sources.
Today, The Alliant Energy Center reopened its doors as a testing site for the first time in over six months. According to one Public Health official, the first day of testing went extremely. Well enough in fact, to add 1,000 appointments to their site for the remainder of this week. The goal is to test 500 to 750 people a.
Dane County groups look at public health dimension of heroin
In Madison and Dane County, in addition to looking at heroin as a criminal problem there s also a heavy focus on heroin as it affects public health. It might seem odd that a group which helps prevent falls among the elderly is tackling heroin. Bu.
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In Madison and Dane County, in addition to looking at heroin as a criminal problem there s also a heavy focus on heroin as it affects public health.
It might seem odd that a group which helps prevent falls among the elderly is tackling heroin. But avoiding injury and preventable death is what the nonprofit Safe Communities is all about. (In the past they ve also addressed pedestrian safety and suicide.)