Daniel Salzler No. 1059
EnviroInsight.org 6 Items July 17, 2020
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1. How To Make Your Own Disinfection Solution With Clorox Bleach. Always remember to follow the safety precautions on the label.
a. If the surface is dirty, pre-clean it to remove any dirt or grime.
b. On the container, look for the bar code with the first few numbers reading 44600. Select the product number from the provided list found at Clorox com.
44600 30784
Cleaning Vs. Sanitizing Vs. Disinfection
Cleaning removes dust, debris and dirt from a surface by scrubbing, washing and rinsing.
Sanitizing reduces the bacteria identified on the product label on surfaces and in the laundry.
Disinfecting destroys or inactivate both the bacteria and viruses identified on the products on the product’s label (like influenza, and rhinovirus) on hard, nonporous surfaces. Disinfecting hard, nonporous surfaces is one of the most reliable ways to help lower the risk of spreading germs from surfaces by touch.
Covid-19
It is important to disinfectant, NOT sanitize – because disinfectants are the only products approved by the EPA to kill viruses on hard surfaces. The main difference is that EPA approved sanitizers only have claims for bacteria, while disinfectants have claims against both bacteria and viruses.
If you are in quarantine, it is important to disinfect the hard nonporous surfaces throughout you home at least three (3) times a day. If someone in your home shows symptoms of Covid-19, disinfect the high-touch areas as often as is possible
If you want to avoid using at total liquid disinfection method, you may want to employ a UV-C light. Do NOT subject eyes or skin to the UV-C light. After a few minutes of exposure, bacteria AND viruses are killed. Make sure the room is well ventilated following the useno of the light so s to vacate the room of ozone. NOTE: UV-A and UV-B light will NOT kill bacteria and viruses.
2. Glyphosate Found in More Than 80 Percent of Hummus and Chickpea Samples. The Environmental Working Group has recently released new findings indicating the presence of glyphosate in more than 80% of the hummus and chickpea samples tested. Below is a partial list of the highs and lows (ppb) of glyphosate: See EWG.com for the entire list
PRODUCT BRAND CONVENTIONAL GLYPHOSATE (ppb)
or ORGANIC
Original Hummus Whole Foods Conventional 2,379
Classic Hummus Sabra Conventional 743
Original Humus Whole Foods Organic 419
Roasted Pine Nut Sabre Conventional 349
Original Hummus Simple Truth Organic Organic 110
Classic Hummus Trader Joe’s Conventional 104
Canned chickpeas Bush’s Conventional 51
Dry Chickpeas Whole Foods Organic 9
Canned chickpeas Simple Truth Organic ND
3. Citywide #MASKUPTUCSON Free Mask Distribution Event
This Saturday, July 18, from 7-10 a.m, the Mayor and Tucson City Council are holding the citywide #MaskUpTucson Free Mask Distribution Event. The event will be held at six locations throughout the city, one location in each Ward, and will be an opportunity for community members to obtain washable face coverings for themselves and their families.
Wearing a face covering is one of the best ways, along with proper hand washing and practicing social/physical distancing, to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The Mayor and Council are committed to keeping our community safe and have obtained 56,000 washable ear loop cloth masks to help those who have not been able to get them.
Each location will have 8,000 masks available and masks will be provided throughout the event or until they have been distributed. The events will be set up as drive-throughs, where community members can drive up to the site, advise how many masks they need, and the masks will be passed on to them. Bike-up and walk-up requests are also welcome. Mayor and Council, their staff, and City staff supporting this event will be using appropriate PPE and social distancing while distributing the masks.
This is just an event for face covering/mask distribution. This is not a COVID-19 testing event.
The locations are as follows:
Ward 1 Mission Manor Park, Main Parking Lot, 5900 S 12th Ave.
Ward 2 Udall Recreation Center, Main Parking Lot, 7200 E Tanque Verde Road
Ward 3 / Mayor’s Office Donna Liggins Recreation Center, Main Parking Lot, 2160 N 6th Ave.
Ward 4 Lincoln Park, Main Parking Lot, 4325 S. Pantano Road
Ward 5 El Pueblo Recreation Center, Main Parking Lot, 101 W. Irvington Road
Ward 6 Ward 6 Council Office, 3202 E 1st St.
4. Annual Water Quality Reports For 2019 Now Posted -Tucson Water’s 2019
Annual Water Quality Reports for its main and its nine isolated systems are available online. The reports provide information on drinking water within the utility’s 37 water service areas in and around the Tucson metropolitan area.
Tucson. Water performs more than 14,500 water quality tests per year, and results from monitoring conducted in 2019 met all standards for safe drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency requires that all drinking water suppliers provide water quality reports to their customers on an annual basis. For questions or comments, call (520) 791-2544 or email
CustomerSupportUnit@tucsonaz.gov.
2019 Annual Water Quality report Tucson Water
5. Navajo Nation will get more than $600 million in COVID-19 aid. Arizona tribes soon will receive” the single largest investment in Indian country in our history” to battle the effects of COVID-19.
The Navajo Nation, which includes vast stretches of land in northern Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, soon will receive more than $600 million and the Gila River Indian Community will receive $40 million in initial CARES Act funds to protect citizens from “the scourge, this plague, from what we’re all fighting in this country” The Navajo Reservation has been one of the hardest-hit areas in the country for its rate of COVID-19 infection
6. Tribes Say Delay of Covid-19 Funds Hurt Coronavirus Efforts. At a time when some Native American communities continue to struggle with the most basic needs, tribal leaders Wednesday called it “an outrage” that tribes had to wait months for coronavirus relief funds.
Congress approved the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act in March and set aside $8 billion for tribes, which did not start to be disbursed until May.
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez was among the witnesses who told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the Navajo Nation received the second allocation “just three weeks ago.”
The delayed allocation of CARES Act funds to tribes was called “an outrage” by National Congress of American Indians President Fawn Sharp. We are at the point now where we are among the most vulnerable, we are disproportionately impacted and it is an outrage that at this point we still do not have the funding that Congress appropriated three months ago,” Sharp said in her testimony. Nez said that “chronic under-funding of Indian programs” left tribes unprepared to respond to COVID-19, which has hit the Navajo particularly hard.
But he and other witnesses said it has also set back efforts to deal with a range of legacy problems faced by tribes, such as diabetes, clean water, poor access to schools and a lack of broadband.
“I want to make it very clear that there is a need in Indian Country and we do need additional dollars,” said Sharp, who is also president of the Quinault Indian Nation.
The four-hour hearing – titled “Addressing the Urgent Needs of Our Tribal Communities” – covered a wide range of issues, but CARES Act funding and the impact of COVID-19 on tribes was front and center.
The Navajo Nation has been particularly hard hit by the virus, with the tribal health department reporting 7,981 positive cases and 383 deaths from the disease as of Wednesday. But Nez also pointed out that 5,650 tribe members have recovered from the disease so far.
“The Navajo Nation is going through some tough times right now,” he said. “I appreciate the prayers and the support that we have been given by our congressional delegation and Congress.”
Nez said the pandemic has also highlighted other challenges the nation faces. He said that 10,000 homes on the sprawling Navajo Nation do not have electricity, and the nation is still waiting on Congress to act on legislation that would fund clean water infrastructure.
Nez encouraged the committee to consider legislation that would extend funding under the CARES Act for another year, through the end of 2021.“Many of you know … that projects don’t move as quickly in Indian Country and I think that would give us some time to get these projects underway,” he said of a possible funding extension.
Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-Sedona, said that Congress needs to consider policy changes as well as funding to help improve services in Indian Country. “Historically, federal policy has unacceptably left the needs of Native American communities behind,” said O’Halleran, as he introduced Nez at the hearing.
“President Nez and I have been working together to address how the Navajo Nation and people have been left behind and developed, bold public policies are needed to rectify this,” he said.
Nez said a CARES Act extension would give tribes and the Navajo Nation time “to close the digital divide, expand access to water, health and other needs of the Navajo people.” But he agreed that federal policies toward tribes will also need to change.
“We’ve been talking about funding, we’ve been talking about projects – but what we really should be focusing our attention on to get these projects done quickly is to reevaluate federal laws, policies, and regulations,” he said. “Those are those no-cost changes that can occur so projects can get done completely.”
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