Coronavirus on Surfaces: What You Should Know


April 1, 2020 — Many emergency room workers remove their clothes as soon as they get home — some before they even enter. Does that mean you should worry about COVID-19 transmission from your own clothing, towels, and other textiles?

While researchers found that the virus can remain on some surfaces for up to 72 hours, the study didn’t include fabric. “So far, evidence suggests that it’s harder to catch the virus from a soft surface (such as fabric) than it is from frequently touched hard surfaces like elevator buttons or door handles,” wrote Lisa Maragakis, MD, senior director of infection prevention at the Johns Hopkins Health System.

for the complete article:  webmd.com/lung/news/20200401

It is an incredible eye-opening article

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Delano Grape Strike Begins


September 8, 1965 marks the beginning of one of the most important strikes in American history.

As over 2,000 Filipino-American farm workers refused to go to work picking grapes in the valley north of Bakersfield, California, they set into motion a chain of events that would extend over the next five years. We know it as the Delano Grape Strike.

Filipino and Mexican immigrants had worked for decades along the West Coast, moving with the seasons to harvest the region’s crops. The Filipino contingent in particular was growing restless, as many of the workers were aging and anxious for decent medical care and retirement funds. When one of their number, labor organizer Larry Itliong, declared a strike on September 8, he asked for the support of the National Farm Workers Association and its Mexican American founders, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. Although Chavez had reservations about his union’s capacity to pull off the strike, he put the issue to the workers, who enthusiastically joined.

The strike lasted five years and went through a number of phases. From the outset, the already poor farm workers faced opposition from law enforcement and cruel attempts at sabotage by the growers—some reported that farmers shut off the water supply to their meager dormitories

Source: history.com

on this day … 9/8


1565 – A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, FL.

1664 – The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then renamed it New York.

1866 – The first recorded birth of sextuplets took place in Chicago, IL. The parents were James and Jennie Bushnell.

1892 – An early version of “The Pledge of Allegiance” appeared in “The Youth’s Companion.”

1893 – In New Zealand, the Electoral Act 1893 was passed by the Legislative Council. It was consented by the governor on September 19 giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.

1935 – U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, “The Kingfish” of Louisiana politics, was shot and mortally wounded. He died two days later.

1945 – In Washington, DC, a bus equipped with a two-way radio was put into service for the first time.

1945 – Bess Myerson of New York was crowned Miss America. She was the first Jewish contestant to win the title.

1951 – A peace treaty with Japan was signed by 48 other nations in San Francisco, CA.

1960 – NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL, was dedicated by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The facility had been activated in July earlier that year.

1966 – NBC-TV aired the first episode of “Star Trek” entitled “The Man Trap”. The show was canceled on September 2, 1969.

1971 – In Washington, DC, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was inaugurated. The opening featured the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass.”

1973 – Hank Aaron hit his 709th home run.

1974 – U.S. President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former U.S. President Nixon.

1975 – In Boston, MA, public schools began their court-ordered citywide busing program amid scattered incidents of violence.

1999 – Russia’s Mission Control switched off the Mir space station’s central computer and other systems to save energy during a planned six months of unmanned flights.

2015 – British researchers announced that evidence of a larger version of Stonehenge had been located about 2 miles from the Stonehenge location. There were 90 buried stones that had been found by ground penetrating radar.

USDA~ FSN ~ FDA ~ September 2026 -Recalls – Food Safety Alerts – Previous Month & last day of prior month update


** Made Fresh Salads, Inc. Recalls Ready-to-Eat Deli-Style Salads and Cream Cheese Because of Possible Health Risk. Made Fresh Salads Inc. of Bay Shore, NY is recalling all Ready to Eat Deli Style Salads and cream cheese, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenesThe various salads were distributed in Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and New York City by direct delivery to retail stores and distributors. Products are distributed in 30 lb. and 5 lb. white plastic tubs with a Made Fresh Salads label or a Northside Label and a half-size aluminum pan.

The salads being recalled are as follows: expiration dates from September 3, 2026 through September 18, 2026 printed on the bottom left of the label. Consumers who have purchased Made Fresh Salads are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at (718) 765-0082 Monday through Friday 9am to 5 pm ET.

** Foods Alive Recalls Organic Moringa Leaf Powder Because of Possible Health Risk. Foods Alive Inc of Angola, IN, is recalling its 8-ounce packages of organic moringa leaf powder because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. he recalled organic moringa leaf powder was distributed nationwide in retail stores and through online sellers including but not limited to www.foodsalive.comExternal Link Disclaimer.

The product comes in an 8 ounce stand up pouch with a freshest by date of 110127 and the number 02726 below the date, and were shipped between January 27th and August 7th 2026.

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem. Consumers who have purchased 8 ounce packages of organic moringa leaf powder are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 260-488-4497.

** Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A., San Carlos, Chile expands its July 3, 2026, recall of frozen organic IQF blueberries to include one lot of Great Value frozen Organic Triple Berry Blend 10 OZ because of potential contamination with Escherichia coli O145:H28 (E. coli O145). This recalled product was shipped to select Walmart stores in 16 states including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin. Consumers should check their freezers for the affected product.

The affected product is:

  • Product: Great Value Organic Triple Berry Blend 10 OZ (Including Strawberries, Blackberries and Blueberries), with UPC: 7874211226
  • Package Size: 10 oz
  • Lot Code: 6040 01-6 (in front of the package)
  • Best If Used By Date: February 9, 2028

Consumers who have Great Value Organic Triple Berry 10 OZ with lot code 6040 01-6 should not consume it. Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. is working closely with the appropriate regulatory authorities and its customers regarding this recall.

Consumers or customers with questions regarding this recall may contact:

Media Contact: Joshua Weiss

Info.foodsafety@comfrut.com or 336-899-5612.

Monday – Friday 8 AM – 6 PM EST

** Clorox Puerto Rico Recalls 6 Million Scented Mistolin and Lestoil Multi-Purpose Cleaners Due to Risk of Exposure to Bacteria

Hazard:

The recalled products may contain bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is an environmental organism found widely in soil and water. People with weakened immune systems or external medical devices who are exposed to Pseudomonas aeruginosa face a risk of serious infection that may require medical treatment. The bacteria can enter the body if inhaled, through the eyes, or through a break in the skin. People with healthy immune systems are usually not affected by the bacteria.

Remedy:

Consumers should stop using the recalled cleaners immediately. Consumers will be asked to register at https://mistolinrecall.expertinquiry.com/ and submit a picture of the 12-digit UPC code printed on the label and a picture of the date code printed on the side of the bottle and dispose of the product in its container with household trash. Consumers registering bottles in the affected scents with date codes printed on the bottle beginning with PR01 and followed by a five-digit number between 25091 and 26168 will receive a full refund of the purchase price, with receipt or of the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, without receipt.

Website: http://www.mistolinrecall.com/

Units:

About 6.3 million Phone: (855) 215-5439

** B. Braun Medical Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP, 100 mL, in a 150 mL PAB® Container Due to the Presence of Particulate Matter. Product was distributed Nationwide to hospital and healthcare facilities from February 27, 2026 to August 3, 2026.

B. Braun is notifying its distributors and customers by mail and is arranging for return and replacement of all recalled products. Customers that have the recalled product should return to place of purchase.

Consumers with questions regarding this recall can contact B. Braun by emailing recalls@bbraunusa.com, Monday to Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm EST.

** American Regent, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Three Lots of Epinephrine Injection, USP 30 mg/ 30 mL (1 mg/mL) Due to the Presence of Particulate Matter and Lack of Assurance of Sterility. September 3, 2026 – New Albany, OH, American Regent, Inc. is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of three lots of Epinephrine Injection, USP 30 mg/ 30 mL (1 mg/mL) multidose vials to the consumer level. Customer complaints were received for leaking and cracked vials, resulting in a lack of assurance of sterility. The firm’s investigation also revealed the presence of particulate matter identified as Nylon, Cellulosic, Acrylic, Polyethylene, and Glass. Epinephrine Injection, USP 30 mg/ 30 mL (1 mg/mL) packaged in a multi dose vials, administered intravenously, intramuscularly, or subcutaneously and is to be used by or under the direction of a physician. Epinephrine Injection, USP is indicated for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions (Type I), including anaphylaxis, which may result from insect stings or bites, foods, drugs, sera, diagnostic testing substances, and other allergens, as well as idiopathic anaphylaxis or exercise-induced anaphylaxis. Epinephrine Injection, USP is also indicated to increase mean arterial blood pressure in adult patients with hypotension associated with septic shock. Epinephrine Injection, USP is a clear, colorless, sterile solution available in a 30 mL multiple-dose vial containing 1 mg/mL. The affected Lot Numbers 25128L1C0, 25280L1C0, and 26108L1C0 were distributed nationwide in the United States. Phone: 800-645-1706 (8:00AM-6:00PM 
EST, Monday – Thursday, 8:00AM- 
4:00PM EST, Friday)American Regent, Inc. 
Customer Service

** Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. Expands Recall to Include One Lot of Great Value Frozen Organic Triple Berry Blend Because of Potential Contamination with Escherichia coli O145:H28 (E. coli O145). This recalled product was shipped to select Walmart stores in 16 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. Consumers should check their freezers for the affected product.

The affected product is:

  • Product: Great Value Organic Triple Berry Blend 10 OZ (Including Strawberries, Blackberries and Blueberries), with UPC: 7874211226
  • Package Size: 10 oz
  • Lot Code: 6040 01-6 (in front of the package)
  • Best If Used By Date: February 9, 2028

Consumers who have Great Value Organic Triple Berry 10 OZ with lot code 6040 01-6 should not consume it.Media Contact: Joshua Weiss

Info.foodsafety@comfrut.com or 336-899-5612.

Monday – Friday 8 AM – 6 PM EST 

** The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed 11,485 patients in the current iceberg lettuce-linked Cyclospora outbreak as of Aug. 27. Patients have been confirmed in three more states: Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. The number of deaths related to the outbreak still stands at two. The CDC continues to investigate additional Cyclospora outbreaks across the country.

** Another sprout product under recall; seed supplier refuses to issue recall

An unnamed seed company is now under investigation in an outbreak traced to fresh sprouts. And, another product has been added to the recall of implicated sprouts.

By Coral Beach 

** Alert issued by officials in Hong Kong about formaldehyde in rice noodles

Authorities in Hong Kong have issued a warning about a brand of imported rice noodles because of formaldehyde. The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene

By News Desk 

** LMSI LLC/Kofinas Olive Oil Issues a Voluntary Recall of its Garlic Mediterranean Infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil for Using a Garlic Essential Oil Not Approved for Culinary Use. LMSI LLC/ Kofinas Olive Oil is issuing a voluntary recall of its Garlic Mediterranean infused extra virgin olive oil for using a garlic essential oil not approved for culinary use. The flavored oil was bottled in glass bottles in 500 ml, 250 ml, and 100 ml sizes.

The recalled products were available for sale from August 31, 2025, to August 27, 2026, at the following locations:

Montgomery Store & Infusion Kitchen: 8210 Market Place Ln., Cincinnati, OH 45242

Findlay Market: 1801 Race St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

Online sales directly from www.kofinasoliveoil.comExternal Link Disclaimer.

1957 – Althea Gibson becomes the first African American to win U.S. Open tennis title


On September 8, 1957, 30-year-old Althea Gibson becomes the first African American to win the U.S. Open, beating Louise Brough, 6-3, 6-2. Afterward, vice president Richard Nixon presents her with the championship trophy. “Now I have been doubly honored,” Gibson says. “I won …read more

Citation Information

Article Title

Althea Gibson becomes first African American to win U.S. Open tennis title

AuthorHistory.com Editors

Website Name

HISTORY

URL

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/althea-gibson-first-african-american-us-open-tennis

Access Date

September 8, 2022

Publisher

A&E Television Networks

Last Updated

August 26, 2021

Original Published Date

August 26, 2021

SPORTS HISTORY

The answer is not in black or white


Just another rant … ongoing

In politics, Labor Day is traditionally marked as the start of election season. That means September 7, is the first working day of the fall campaign. The urgency for change and the fight for a better Union continues! All it takes for the Democratic Party is to take your civic duty seriously and drop your ballot into your State and community drop-off ballot box

The fights against discrimination in all its forms break out all over the U.S.; Americans have to wonder why voters are drinking the Republican fear-mongering kook aid instead of putting “We the People” ahead of Lobbying groups that arm their current or next elections with $$$, and the folks coming out ahead are the 1%, NOT the rural guy or middle-class worker.  In a place that has always welcomed and/or cared for the poor, single moms with kids, respected the Constitution, specifically the 14th Amendment, immigration, women’s, senior citizens’, and workers’ rights when the need is clear, with votes on the Floor of Congress in the House against most, if not all of the above.

Instead, the Republican Tea Party came to power in 2013 with ugly Colonial ways and ideologies on issues like Race, religion, and the rights of its people. The GOP of 2013 said they spoke for the people, yet decided to ignore the polls unless it was against the Obama admin and all democratic elections. They trashed $24billion of the people’s money with a shutdown, a tantrum that probably will hurt Americans in the long term. If you can, imagine what $24 billion could have done for your fellow American, then remember Ted Cruz reading Green Eggs and Ham as if $24 billion meant nothing.  I used to think all we had to worry about was what side of the political aisle these righties stood on and how many actually needed to be voted out of Congress. Now, it is all about states’ rights and what social program the government will cut, slash, or burn while pitting the upper and middle class against the working class, then eliminating those in need as well.  I would love MSM to ask all or most republicans about being on Social Security! Is it a right, a privilege, or something else that makes it ok for them, while others needing social services are considered lazy and need to get a job while they get Tariff Refunds? They don’t know the individual situations and circumstances of folks of colour, let alone anyone else.  The fact is, 1 out of 6 people live in poverty and 20% … let me say that again, 20% maybe more of our American children live in poverty; for an ultra-rich country, information should offend and outrage us all.

If you listen to conservative media speak, because it is clear they had to control the airwaves …  the lines of fair or balanced news and behavior become blurry, leaving the voter confused or having taken the fear-mongering to heart, voting against their own best interest and got what they paid for.

I once said: If the 2013 GOP gets their way, if they complete their mission, the only ones standing will be those who claim to be Republicans, but in 2016 Americans got beat by folks who feared America was becoming too brown, proudly announced themselves to be nationalists or white nationalists wanting to be the only governing source or supporting family governing or even worse? When HRC lost the 2026 election, all elections afterward seemed different; some of us thought this had to be rigged, manipulated, let alone the odd electoral results… this ish happened in the 21st century?

We the People cannot keep allowing this to happen

We had two great POTUS, and it felt like a few steps forward. Yet, the era of Trump took hold, and while we see being “other than” as against the law, suffice it to say, how much does Team Trump want to take away from what was gained over the last few decades as democracy seems to be slipping away?  Make your voice heard and vote vote vote … register others for elections!

As memory lane becomes a jagged, crooked road of things for the millionaires and billionaires, the average American continues to lose while the middle and lower classes are suffering … some have become Vehicle Residents

We all know that programs like Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare are considered Mandatory Spending, accounting for almost 60% of federal expenditures. Yes, they definitely need reform, but should not be eliminated. The current crazy offensive fiscal attacks by Republicans do not seem to be because of the deficits we were facing, but a brazen attempt to privatize these programs. We have to remember the past, so we don’t repeat the Ryan budget plan, which was a nightmare. Most people in the U.S. know the big three need updating, but Republicans are not going to update or reform them to reduce waste, abuse, and fraud, or expand them. The plan, imo, continues to be splitting up all US Social Services into pieces so that premiums and prices have absolutely no regulatory control, or caps on how high or how often costs will rise.

I continue to ask, why didn’t Republicans learn a single thing from the near-US collapse of 2008, and do the old purity pledge Tea Party teach the new MAGARs members of Congress a lesson, or do they just have a big itch to see what exactly happens when a government falls apart because it feels like a full-on reach back to the Colonial days …

What we have here, what we have all been watching is the destruction of our government as we know it, seemingly trying to change it from the Republican Tea Party which really no longer exists or is based on a “family values platform” but one of overt discrimination … a we against them mentally, which includes and is not limited to banning Choice suppressing the Vote eliminating Social Services among many other things.

It is a disturbing and truly rude awakening watching and listening to how folks seem to want to turn back the clock and reinstate segregation, Jim Crow, and the poll tax.

Be a Seed for Change ~ Nativegrl77 ~ Another Rant

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