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When wildfires roar through a forest and bulldozers dig into the earth to stop advancing flames, they may be churning more into the air than just clouds of dust and smoke, scientists say. Those dark, billowing plumes of smoke that rise on waves of heat during the day and sink into valleys as the night air cools may be transporting countless living microbes that can seep into our lungs or cling to our skin and clothing, according to research published recently in Science. In some cases, researchers fear that airborne pathogens could sicken firefighters or downwind residents. “We were inspired to write this because we recognize that there are many trillions of microbes in smoke that haven’t really been incorporated in an understanding . of human health,” said Leda Kobziar, a University of Idaho associate professor in wildland fire science. “At this point, it’s really unknown. The diversity of microbes that we’ve found are really mind-bending.” ....
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L.A. and Oregon disclose workplace outbreaks. Most Bay Area health officers won t. Why? FacebookTwitterEmail A Safeway distribution center in Tracy experienced an outbreak in April. California does not require public disclosure of such incidents.Daymond Gascon / The Chronicle 2020 Is it safe to go to the grocery store? Why did that restaurant close its doors for a day? A year after officials identified the first case of the coronavirus in the Bay Area, local health departments mostly aren’t saying which businesses have seen infections at work. A patchwork of rumor, employee notifications and media reports have taken the place of the systematic reporting seen elsewhere. ....
But since December, six residents have died in an outbreak in the memory care wing of the facility, officials say. “It was a little sad because they were just about ready to start vaccinating patients,” Balmes said, but stressed the outbreak there could have been far worse. “Given the size of the facility, it’s still looking good compared to the national statistics about long term care facilities.” But that’s not much comfort to the staff, says Nawzaneen Talai, chief of quality for Laguna Honda. “You have gone, essentially, nine months without a single death and when every single resident and staff person who has been infected has recovered it hits really hard,” she said. “It really hurts the staff, because they start to question if they did something wrong and that’s just not the case.” ....
Share Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler has said a new rule will improve scientific transparency, but critics disagree. Al Drago/Pool via AP Trump’s new rule restricting EPA’s use of certain science could have short life Jan. 6, 2021 , 12:45 PM President Donald Trump’s administration yesterday finalized a controversial rule that would make it more difficult for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use major health studies to guide pollution regulations. But the new rule which has been fiercely opposed by the scientific community could have a short life. The apparent victory by Democrats yesterday in two Senate races in Georgia is expected to give the party control of the U.S. Senate, and lawmakers could use a rarely invoked law to revoke the rule by a simple majority vote. ....