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Hand-washing is the first line of defense against the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Maggie Montgomery of the World Health Organization’s Office of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), “Fundamentally, hand hygiene is the number one means of prevention.” The WHO recommends “frequent and proper” h

The United Nations’ ambitious 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were announced at the beginning of 2016. By the end of 2019, however, it was clear that progress toward the 17 goals was not strong enough for them to be met by the 2030 target date. Yet there was some progress, with humanitarian efforts gaining ground in some areas and losing ground in others.

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Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is the monitoring and analysis of wastewater in sewer systems to glean epidemiological information. The practice has already proven itself useful over the years. For instance, it provided early detection of a 2013 polio outbreak in Israel, and it already is an accepted tool to monitor legal and illegal drug use in a population. The list of uses for WBE is expected to lengthen to include a wide range of diseases, substance exposures, and effects of temperatu

When buildings stand virtually abandoned due to pandemic stay-at-home orders, water stops flowing through their plumbing and bad things start to happen inside the pipes. Harmful chemicals begin to build up and potentially pathogenic microorganisms start to grow. It takes only days for dangerous concentrations to form, but many buildings will remain closed for months. How serious might the problem become? There has been little authoritative information or guidance on