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Doctor weighs in on how to stay healthy despite unavoidable microplastic pollution
Micro- and nano-scopic sized pieces of plastic people use everyday can eventually find its way into the most unlikely of places, even in the plaque of clogged arteries of cardiac patients, a recent study found.In the study, researchers in Italy reported finding "visible, jagged-edged foreign particles among plaque macrophages and scattered in the external debris."The researchers said the chemicals in those foreign particles were polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, and polyethylene, two of the most common materials used in everyday, household plastic items, like water bottles and PVC pipe. A separate recent study found there are 100 to 1,000 times as many...
EPA clean-car standards projected to bring $100B annual benefits
Clean-air advocates in Colorado are celebrating new EPA standards, which they believe can play a major role in reducing air pollution impacting national parks and Colorado's Front Range communities. The rule aims to cut more than seven billion tons of greenhouse gases by requiring carmakers to reduce or eliminate tailpipe...
Proposition 108 aims to cut property taxes
DENVER — A ballot initiative to reduce property tax assessment rates has received enough signatures to qualify for the November 2024 ballot, its sponsors announced Tuesday. Proposition 108, also known as the Citizens' Tax Cut, has submitted nearly 200,000 signatures to the Secretary of State's Office, exceeding the required threshold by over 75,000. The signatures will now undergo a verification process to ensure their validity.
Douglas County establishes policy to collect unclaimed property overbid dollars
Douglas County Commissioners approved a new policy that allows the county to collect unclaimed property overbid dollars, instead of sending that money to Colorado's property payback fund. Since 2017, Douglas County has collected $5.5 million in unclaimed overbids for abandoned properties sold by the county, according to the Douglas County Public Trustee's office. Of which, in the past two years, the county has transferred roughly $1.3 million to the Colorado...
Colorado judge temporarily blocks Kroger-Albertsons grocery ‘megamerger’
A Colorado judge has issued an order temporarily blocking the proposed $24.6 billion merger between the nation’s two largest supermarket chains ahead of an antitrust trial in state court set to begin in September. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser in February sued to block the merger between grocery giant Kroger, which operates King Soopers and […]
Residents on Front Range grow weary of wildfire smoke, ozone
Another day with "unhealthy" air quality rankings passed Wednesday as Coloradans with respiratory issues huddled indoors to keep from breathing the smoke and ozone-laden air."Not good, yeah," said Jacques Middlecoff as he left National Jewish Health. "Certainly because of these fires. I mean last couple of years have been bad," he said. Middlecoff has had breathing problems after an accident, then after a moderate case of COVID he developed long COVID. He has to have oxygen for breathing help. "I see the smoke outside and so I just don't go out much." That is what a lot of Coloradoans have...
CSP sounds alarm about increase in deadly motorcycle crashes
Authorities are sounding the alarm about deadly motorcycle crashes in our state. According to Colorado State Patrol, there have been 21 fatal motorcycle incidents this year. Historically, there is an increase in traffic deaths in the month of July, but the first two weeks of the month saw a drastic increase. The percentage of all deadly motorcycle crashes investigated by CSP Troopers rose by 37.5 percent. Six of the 16 deadly crashes involved a motorcycle. As of July 16th, 15.5 percent of the 135 deadly crashes involved a motorcycle. Looking at last year, of the 134 motorcycle deaths, half of...
Olympic spotlight: Denver's Emma Weber makes Olympic debut
The much-hyped Olympic swimming competitions will feature Denver's Emma Weber in the breaststroke.State of play: This is the 20-year-old's first Olympics but not her first moment in the spotlight. Weber was the state champion in the 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter individual medley at Regis Jesuit High School and helped lead the University of Virginia to a national championship this March.She finished second in the U.S. Olympic trials just behind reigning Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby and ahead of world-record holder Lilly King.Weber didn't expect to qualify and instead bought spectator tickets to cheer on her college teammates, her mother told reporters.Fun fact: Her great-grandmother, Louise Weigel, competed in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics as a figure skater.What to watch: The first 100-meter breaststroke heats air at 3am Sunday on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com. The final is Monday.Go deeper: A Colorado guide to the 2024 Paris OlympicsSign up for Axios Denver for free.
Denver weather: Rain, storm chances return into the weekend
Denver’s weather pattern will stay warm with highs in the 90s as smoke clears out and a chance for showers and thunderstorms moves in. Pinpoint Weather's Dave Fraser explains when rain could arrive and when it starts to heat up.
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