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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">Sara Heger, Research Engineer and Adjunct Assistant Professor, UMN, recently published Wastewater and COVID-19: What are the risks? A copy of that publication is attached.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Tw Cen MT",sans-serif">OSHA recently updated their website regarding measures for protecting workers from exposure to, and infection with, COVID-19. That can be found
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