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Blog, August 2019

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Failing Water Infrastructure Impacts Health

Aug 28, 2019
That’s right. It failed. Water Quality Awareness Month is the perfect time to look at how our nation’s failing water infrastructure is impacting health. Turns out that U.S. cities rely on pipes that are, on average, a century old. Age combined with strain from....
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Construction: It's a Woman's World

Aug 21, 2019
On an average job site you will find roughly one woman for every 100 men. Just as elsewhere in the workforce, women encounter gender-related stereotypes and harassment. Additional barriers include risk of injury, a pay gap, and lack of mentorship. But there....
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What's in Your Water?

Aug 7, 2019
The drinking water systems of approximately 19 million people have been contaminated by a class of chemicals known as PFAS, according to a recent report by the Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University. The study found 610 contaminated sites in....

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