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Tag Archives: Alfredo Gomez
Protecting Children from Lead Exposure in Schools and Child Care Facilities
Exposure to lead—like that found in contaminated water—can result in significant health problems. Children are particularly at risk because their growing bodies absorb more lead than adults. Negative health effects include anemia, kidney and brain damage, as well as learning … Continue reading
Racial Disparities in Health Care and the Role of Government
Over the past several years, GAO has been asked to examine various racial inequalities in public programs and we have made recommendations to find and address them. Today’s WatchBlog looks at disparities in health care. Maternal Mortality Our work has … Continue reading
Posted in Key Issues, Racial Disparities
Tagged Alfredo Gomez, Debbie Draper, health care, Mary Denigan-Macauley
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A GAO Photo Album
They say a picture is worth a thousand words—which is one reason our Watchdogs often snap photos on the audit trail to use as evidence in our reports. In today’s WatchBlog, we’re highlighting some of the photos that helped to … Continue reading
Posted in About GAO
Tagged Alfredo Gomez, Anne-Marie Fennell, Chris Currie, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental quality, federal lands, FEMA, Frank Rusco, highway safety, Homeland Security and Justice, land management, Natural Resources and Environment, Offshore oil drilling, Oil spills, Perimeter security, Personnel security, Physical Infrastructure, physical security, pollution, public lands, Recreation area security, security systems, Susan Fleming, trucks
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Climate Change and the Nation’s Most Contaminated Hazardous Waste Sites
Climate change may increase the frequency and intensity of certain natural disasters, which could damage Superfund site—among the nation’s most contaminated hazardous waste sites. For instance, flooding from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 damaged several Superfund sites in the greater Houston … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources and Environment
Tagged Alfredo Gomez, climate change, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Administration, floods, Hazardous materials, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Natural disasters, Natural Resources and Environment, wildfires
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Earth Day 2019 – Protecting At-Risk Fish, Birds, and Animals
It’s Earth Day; and this year’s theme is about broadening protection for at-risk species and their habitats. What is the nation doing on this front? Today’s WatchBlog examines some national and international efforts.
Posted in Natural Resources and Environment
Tagged Alfredo Gomez, Anne-Marie Fennell, Columbia River Basin, endangered species, environmental cleanup, environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, habitat restoration, NRE, Puget Sound, wildlife trafficking
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Bottom’s Up to Clean Drinking Water!
In honor of World Water Day, today’s WatchBlog takes a look at our recent work on efforts to keep drinking water free of lead and other contaminants in homes, businesses, and military installations.
Lead in Drinking Water
It’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, and today’s WatchBlog explores our recent report and video on lead in drinking water and federal efforts to help ensure drinking water is safe from lead. Our recent video explains how lead can enter drinking … Continue reading
What’s in Your Water?
In honor of today’s World Water Day, we are taking a look at our work on combined sewer overflows in cities with declining populations—and the serious wastewater problem they pose. Combined sewer systems collect stormwater runoff, domestic sewage, and industrial … Continue reading
Drinking Water and Fracking (podcast)
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has helped increase domestic oil and gas production. But fracking, along with other drilling methods, produces wastewater, which can contain various chemicals and metals, among other things. Listen to Alfredo Gomez, a director in our Natural … Continue reading
Safe and Clean Water
Safe, clean water is essential for human and environmental health. However, our supply of clean water is at risk from pollution and droughts, like the current one in California. And, even when clean water is available at the source, aging … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources and Environment
Tagged Alfredo Gomez, Anne-Marie Fennell, clean water, Clean Water Act, drinking water, drought, Earth Day, environment, epa, infrastructure, natural resources, nonpoint sources, NRE, point sources, pollutants, pollution, safe water, state water manager, waste water, water infrastructure, water pollution, water shortage
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