Tag: Colorado Department Of Health And Environment
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5 Coloradans die from West Nile virus as cases surge across the state
“This is a sharp increase from what we saw last week and it is more cases than what we normally see this time of year,” says a health department spokesperson
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5 fentanyl overdoses reported in Boulder within 36-hour period: Is a new pill to blame?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save __tnt.youtube.players.register(‘youtube-player-96f4cf88-da57-11ed-8bc8-4fdb5d8017f4’); Boulder police want to know who is distributing unusually strong or tainted fentanyl, which they believe may have led to a concentrated string of overdoses this week. Starting Tuesday, five people overdosed on fentanyl in a 36-hour period. Police wonder if the pills originated…
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Suncor released potentially unhealthy levels of benzene into Sand Creek after December fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Suncor released potentially unhealthy levels of benzene into Sand Creek after a December refinery fire, according to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. After the two fires that injured two employees at Suncor’s Commerce City refinery, the company shut down the plant for repairs…
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Environmental groups file motion to intervene in lawsuit against state over air pollution monitoring
Community and environmental groups in the area around the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Suncor against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Pollution Control Division. GreenLatinos, the Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Association, Healthy Air and Water Colorado, Womxn from the Mountain, Conservation Colorado…
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Future of fleet vehicles on display in Golden
The City of Arvada displayed a Ford Hybrid Police Interceptor. Davey Coach showcased two Ford eTransit vans. Moser Energy Systems displayed a mobile charging station – powered by propane. Welcome to the future of fleet vehicles. Or at least that’s the undercurrent of the Drive Clean Summit and Expo put on by the Colorado Department…
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Denver Public Schools provide naloxone to nurses
Denver Public Schools will provide naloxone, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses, to its middle and high schools starting Monday. School nurses will have naloxone available as an added safety measure similarly to the way schools have Epipens and fire extinguishers, said Scott Pribble, a Denver Public Schools spokesperson. Pribble said the process of training…
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Pollution-producing oil storage tank site shut down by state regulators
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An oil storage tank installation in Larimer County was ordered shut down Thursday by state air pollution regulators after what it says are repeated failures to control leakage of noxious vapors from the site that residential neighbors say are both annoying and harmful to their…
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Salmonella outbreak linked to Denver-based seafood company
The Colorado Department of Health and Environment is investigating a salmonella outbreak associated with the Denver-based Northeast Seafood Products, Inc, the department announced Friday evening. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Drug Administration is working with the health department in its investigation. One hundred and two people across 14 states…
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Colorado reports largest COVID-19 outbreak at university
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As of Wednesday, 1,198 students and 12 staff members from the University of Colorado Boulder have tested positive for COVID-19. There are also 104 probable cases, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). This is the single largest outbreak in the…