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Originally published on May 13, 2021 11:34 am
State officials told Kansas schools they could fill the air with chemical mist to fight COVID-19 in classrooms.
The suggested gadgets coat doorknobs, tables and other surfaces with disinfectant.
But when the Kansas News Service showed the state guidance on electrostatic sprayers and foggers to scientists, one called it “surprising and disappointing.” Another classified it as “a huge error.”
The foggers and sprayers could actually make the air unhealthier, experts warned, without making people safer from COVID-19.
“It’s very unfortunate,” said
Jose-Luis Jimenez, an expert in air chemistry and disease transmission at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Heather Hernandez, center, opted to quit her job at a nursing home in the fall to help her 10 kids full time with school work after they began to struggle, and in some cases fail, classes during at-home schooling in Denver brought about by the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. From left, Julian, 9, Samuel, 12 and Diana, 8, on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
Women overtook men in the number of payroll jobs for the second time ever in January 2020.
Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and women across the country quit their jobs or stopped looking for work. Many blamed a lack of child care.
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Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius has hosted a ministerial meeting to build support among the members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) for the designation of new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean, in particular the EU proposals to establish MPAs in East Antarctica and in the Weddell Sea. The meeting was key in shaping a joint strategy to work together towards the adoption of new MPAs in CCAMLR and to present the Commission s actions under the European Green Deal that contribute to protecting the Antarctica. Speaking after the meeting, Commissioner Sinkevičius said: “Biodiversity loss and the climate crises are going faster than we had ever anticipated. It is critical to act now, if we are to turn the tide and conserve the rich and vulnerable marine life of the Southern Ocean. I am glad that we all expressed our commitment today in a joint