Tag: Colorado Department Of Public Health And Environment
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Rocky Flats: Art from the atomic ashes
Jeff Gipe’s ‘Half-Life of Memory’ brings our own public health disaster back home to the Arvada Center Growing up, when my dad took the family to the company picnic, it meant roller coasters and miniature golf at Elitch Gardens. Then again, my dad worked for The Denver Post. Here’s what happened when Jeff Gipe’s dad…
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Ranch owner who built 8.5-foot fence in Colorado faces $66K per day fine
SAN LUIS • A Texas businessman who built an 8.5-foot-high fence partially around his ranch in Colorado’s San Luis Valley could face fines of up to $65,544 per day after state regulators determined runoff from the disturbed land could contaminate area water supplies. The Cielo Vista Ranch, which traces its origins to a Spanish land…
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Ranch owner who built 8.5-foot fence in Colorado faces $66K per day fine
SAN LUIS • A Texas businessman who built an 8.5-foot-high fence partially around his ranch in Colorado’s San Luis Valley could face fines of up to $65,544 per day after state regulators determined runoff from the disturbed land could contaminate area water supplies. The Cielo Vista Ranch, which traces its origins to a Spanish land…
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Gov. Polis announces Monday as ‘988 Colorado Mental Health Line Day’
Gov. Jared Polis officially proclaimed Monday, Sept. 8, as 988 Colorado Mental Health Line Day in celebration of the crisis line established in 2022. “Our work to ensure every Coloradan has access to high-quality health care includes access to necessary mental health support. 988 Colorado is an important resource for many Coloradans and remains a…
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Jefferson County clinic set to help youth nicotine addiction
A new Jefferson County Public Health program is working to combat nicotine addiction in young residents. The program, which began in June, looks to help young people who use nicotine through low-cost or free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). This dual approach includes both replacement methods — such as patches, gum and lozenges — along with 10 private…
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Contaminated marijuana prompts Colorado to consider new off-the-shelf testing program
Ongoing debate over whether new program would result in actual sanctions for findings of contamination
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Lakewood warns hikers of potential artillery shells at park
William Frederick Hayden Park was used as an army training ground until 1939
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Castle Rock holding free vaccination clinic
Immunize Colorado will be holding a free vaccination clinic Sunday for all Douglas County residents and others in Castle Rock. The nonprofit organization will be giving out vaccinations for both children and adults at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church — 2746 Fifth St. in Castle Rock — from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., according…
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Is Colorado cannabis safe? Testing for potency, contaminants riddled with loopholes
Elizabeth and Luke Mason, scientists who met during graduate studies at Colorado State University, saw cannabis legalization in 2012 as an opportunity. With backgrounds in biochemistry, microbiology, and analytical chemistry, they launched Aurum Labs in Durango in 2014, believing they could build a successful business while setting a standard for scientific rigor. As state regulators…