After Residents Complain Of Possibly Toxic Water, Fresno Bans Galvanized Pipes
Among other California cities to ban galvanized pipe are Santa Clara, San Diego and Irvine.
Fresno Bee:
To Get Threat Of Lead Out Of Water, Fresno Council Bans Galvanized Pipes
Fresno will join several other major California cities to ban the use of galvanized pipe for plumbing in new residential and commercial construction and major renovation work. At its meeting Thursday afternoon, the Fresno City Council formally adopted changes to its building ordinance that prohibit the zinc-coated metal pipes. Fresno City Councilman Lee Brand originally introduced the ban on July 28. ...The ban is part of the city’s response to problems at a growing number of homes in northeast Fresno reporting discoloration – and in some homes, toxic lead – in the water coming from corroded galvanized pipes. (Sheehan, 8/18)
In other health care news from across the state —
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Alzheimer's Association, Sharp HealthCare Offer Free Memory Loss Screenings
Recent studies have found that early intervention is important for people experiencing memory loss, and a new partnership between Alzheimer’s San Diego and Sharp HealthCare aims to provide an easy place to start. The duo will offer free memory screenings to 50 San Diego County residents during a four-hour session on Aug. 25. These work-ups, explained Mary Ball, Alzheimer’s San Diego’s president, are designed to be a first step rather than a full answer. (Sisson, 8/18)
KPCC:
LA-Area Accelerator Offers Health Care Startups A Jump Start
Currently, doctors who use the device to insert a breathing tube must also use a separate tool to suction the patient’s airway. That prompted (Maggie) Galloway’s team to develop a laryngoscope that integrates suction and a camera. Best of all, she says, it will be disposable and retail for about $100- making it much cheaper than current models. But without access to a hospital system willing to test it, the innovation might have languished. Then Galloway and her colleagues got word of a new accelerator collaboration in Los Angeles between Techstars, one of the world's most successful accelerator companies, and Cedar-Sinai Medical Center. ... Their company, Inscope Medical Solutions, then became one of 11 inaugural startups - culled from about 500 applications - accepted into the Techstars HealthTech Accelerator. (O'Neill, 8/19)