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Data shows hundreds of RTD operators received paid time off due to drug exposure

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Publish DateOctober 18, 2023

Research from the Colorado Department of Health and Environment states “airborne and dermal exposure to fentanyl does not represent a realistic threat to safety.” Also the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Center published a paper regarding myths about fentanyl. One myth listed is that being near fentanyl causes “serious effects.”

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Colorado leads states in storing guns outside of the home

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Publish DateApril 14, 2023

Clark says options for firearm storage at gun ranges and retailers is part of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative. It was spearheaded by Emmy Betz, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. "It really grew out of many of us who are researchers, who are clinicians, who are educators, feeling like we wanted to do more," Betz said.

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Legislators target social media to combat eating disorders

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Publish DateApril 14, 2023

Emily Hemendinger at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has studied how social media can impact eating disorders. "With eating disorders, genetics and temperament and family life kind of load that gun, and things like social media and society pull the trigger," Hemendinger said.

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Colorado lawmakers consider bill to set up nontoxic bullet replacement pilot program

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Publish DateMarch 23, 2023

“The more we've studied it, the more we realize that there's no level of lead in the diet or in intake that's without deleterious effects,” said Dr. Michael Kosnett, an associate clinical professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

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Meth Contamination in Libraries a Silent Epidemic

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Publish DateFebruary 17, 2023

“People sometimes talk about it as the epidemic that folks don't look at,” said Dr. Joseph Sakai, an addiction psychiatrist and associate professor at the University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

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Arvada Library Closes Due to Meth Contamination

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Publish DateFebruary 02, 2023

Mike Van Dyke, associate professor at the Colorado School of Public Health, told Denver7 last week that the state of Colorado established a residential cleanup level, which is based on a young child's exposure to meth in an entire home.

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Colorado will receive $150M in national opioid settlements with CVS, Walgreens

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Publish DateDecember 15, 2022

Dr. Robert Valuck, director of the Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention at CU Anschutz, said that while the settlement money will help local prevention efforts, it is far from a panacea. "It's like bringing a garden hose to this forest fire and expecting it to be put out in 20 minutes, and it's just not going to work that way. This is a very complicated problem that is going to take years to untangle ourselves from," Valuck said.

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Flu appears to be Colorado’s top respiratory threat in coming weeks as hospitalizations rise

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Publish DateDecember 15, 2022

“We’re continuing to see far more people hospitalized with flu than at this time in a typical year,” said Beth Carlton, an associate professor of environmental and occupational health at the Colorado School of Public Health. “I think that’s the big concern for the weeks ahead.”

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