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New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that over half of U.S. states have either “high” or “very high” levels of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—in their wastewater. Newsweek reached out to the CDC by email for comment. Why It Matters Nearly five years after the COVID-19 pandemic that […]
A small boat motors down Sitka Channel in Sitka on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) Six Southeast Alaska communities are getting renewed wastewater discharge permits that require better controls of bacteria flowing into the receiving waters, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday. The communities – Haines, Skagway, Sitka, Wrangell, Ketchikan and […]