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Lehigh faces oversight, environment challenges Written by Bruce Barton
No news may be good news for residents living near a long-standing quarry and cement plant in the foothills just south of Los Altos.
A host of regulators participating in Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian’s annual meeting last week on the status of Lehigh Southwest Cement Co. operations described a “quiet year” in 2020, with an overall slowdown in activity. A recently filed Lehigh lawsuit against the county planning department, however, underscores the company’s continued efforts to secure the necessary approvals to expand operations.
On hand at Simitian’s March 3 meeting were officials from oversight agencies that ranged from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) and the county planning department. As the county’s biggest polluter, the cement plant and quarry are subjected to numerous air a
To define graduate students’ time during Covid-19 solely through the lens of academics would be to overlook the numerous details that humanize and differentiate each of their experiences.
The following individuals are not merely Harvard students they are also bakers and entrepreneurs, fathers and daughters, volunteers and Olympic-hopeful rowers. Eight students across five graduate schools sat down virtually with The Crimson to share their stories from an unprecedented year.
Daniel A. Arias, School of Public Health and GSAS
Daniel A. Arias studies the intersection of mental health and epidemiology, as well as health economics. By Courtesy Photo
Daniel A. Arias wishes his scholarship weren’t so relevant to the current moment.
Mar 06, 2021 09:05 AM EST
In North Carolina, DNA analysis of bacteria discovered in humans and pigs in the rural east - a geographical area with intensive pig farming on industrial-scale advocates that antibiotic-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus strains are escalating among pigs, their families, farmworkers, and community residents, and symbolize an evolving health threat to the public according to research led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
(Photo : Brett Sayles)
Staphylococcus aureus Can Lead to Medical Problems
Staphylococcus aureus is usually discovered in water and soil, as well as on the skin of pigs, their upper respiratory tract, other animals, and humans. It can lead to medical problems from minor skin disease to serious surgical wound disease, pneumonia, and sepsis, often known as a lethal blood-infection condition.