Tag: Water and Health Program

  • Science & Tech

    State of U.S. public health drinking water reliable

    “Over the last century, the U.S. has set the world standard for ensuring a reliable, relatively safe drinking water supply to the general public,” said Ronnie B. Levin, a research scientist in the Environmental Epidemiology Program at the Harvard School of Public Health. “But population demands, continuing scientific research and past public policy have created…

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  • Science & Tech

    Marine science expert monitoring Boston Harbor pollution

    Harvard researcher James Shine is currently researching pollutants in the sediment of Boston Harbor and other harbors. He is crafting criteria for the Environmental Protection Agency that would measure pollution by amounts in sediment, not just in the water itself, giving a more accurate picture of the ecosystem. When he was in graduate school, “nobody…

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