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Alejandro Lazo CalMatters California prohíbe a las compañías eléctricas cortar el suministro a los clientes que se atrasan en sus pagos cuando hace calor extremo, una medida de seguridad básica. En algunas zonas rurales, quedarse sin luz también puede significar quedarse sin agua, y en las ciudades, no tener...
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Alejandro Lazo CalMatters California bars utilities from cutting off power to customers who fall behind on their bills when it’s dangerously hot outside – a basic safety protection. Losing power in some rural areas can also mean losing water, and in cities, having no way to cool down can...
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The new year is an ideal occasion to put our priorities in order, formulate good resolutions and draw up a roadmap with the goals that translate our desires and dreams. Sadly, 2024 is shaping up to be a stormy year on the horizon for migrants in the United States....
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Los dolores de cabeza y los olores químicos persistentes del fuerte descarrilamiento de un tren en East Palestine, Ohio, han dejado a los residentes preocupados por su aire y agua, y la información errónea en las redes sociales no ha ayudado. Los funcionarios estatales ofrecieron más detalles del proceso...
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Headaches and lingering chemical smells from a fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have left residents worried about their air and water – and misinformation on social media hasn’t helped. State officials offered more details of the cleanup process and a timeline of the environmental disaster during a news conference on Feb....
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April is Alcohol Awareness Month, highlighting serious consequences of drinking too much. Excessive alcohol use contributes to more than 95,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Scott Itano, a family medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente Washington in Seattle, said the pandemic has exacerbated dangerous...
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Especially for developing infants & youth As a chemist, I know that lead, mercury, and arsenic are toxic elements which, when ingested at very low ‘legal’ levels, over time accumulate in one’s body eventually causing nerve damage or physiologic toxicity. I wonder today if our local water districts need...