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Vermont: Investigation into Tritium contamination at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station(0)
Burlington VT–On January 7, the Vermont Department of Health was notified by Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station that samples taken from a groundwater monitoring well on site at the plant contained tritium.
Tritium is a radioactive form of hydrogen. It is a by-product of the nuclear fission process in a nuclear reactor, and it also occurs [...]
Vermont: Recall of ground beef products by Vermont company
Burlington VT–The Vermont Department of Health is advising Vermonters to check for ground beef products made by LaPlatte River Angus Farm, of Shelburne, Vt.
Harrington and Sons Packing, Inc., a Williston, Vt. butcher shop, recalled approximately 68 pounds of ground beef products on Dec. 21 that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to the [...]
Vermont: Health officials encourage college students to get a flu shot during holiday break
Barre VT–The most important stop on Sylvie Daley’s long holiday journey from college in the State of Washington to Washington County, Vermont will be Barre Auditorium.
Two days before Christmas, Daley will line up for a nasal spray dose of vaccine at a public clinic.
“I wasn’t going to get a shot because I figured I was [...]
Vermont: H1N1 vax now open to all Vermonters age 6 months and older
Burlington VT–The Vermont Department of Health today announced that there is now enough vaccine in the state to begin offering it to anyone older than 6 months who wants to be vaccinated against the 2009 H1N1 flu.
Until now, vaccine had been limited to those at greatest risk for serious illness from the new flu – [...]
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