Humana employees participating in fishing science project to study the health of Ohio River

THE OHIO RIVER. EVERY DAY, PEOPLE COME DOWN TO THE FALLS OF THE OHIO TO CAST OUT A LINE AND TRY AND CATCH A FISH. BUT ON WEDNESDAY, DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES FROM HUMANA DID THAT SAME THING, BUT WITH THE GOAL TO BETTER THE ENVIRONMENT. EVENTS LIKE THIS, I BELIEVE, REALLY HELP PEOPLE GET DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE NATURE WHICH MAKES THEIR LIVES POSSIBLE. MICHAEL WASHBURN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE KENTUCKY WATERWAY ALLIANCE, HELPED PUT ON THE SCIENCE PROJECT AT THE FALLS OF THE OHIO WITH THE HELP OF THE NONPROFIT BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS AND ANGLERS. DOZENS OF HUMANA EMPLOYEES FISHED FOR DRUM, CATFISH AND BUFFALO ON WEDNESDAY. ONCE WE GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SPECIMENS, WE맥스카지노�RE GOING TO BE HAVING THEM TESTED FOR TOXINS TO SEE WHAT THE LEVELS OF PFAS, MERCURY, CERTAIN METALS ARE IN THE FISH TISSUE FOR THE FISH THAT RESIDE IN THE OHIO RIVER. NOT ALL THE FISH CAUGHT WERE KEPT, BUT THE ONES SAVED WERE SENT TO A LAB FOR TESTING, WASHBURN SAYS. THE DATA COLLECTED WILL BE USED BY THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY SANITATION COMMISSION TO STUDY THE HEALTH OF RIVERS AND LAKES ACROSS THE REGION. 97% OF KENTUCKY DRAINS INTO THE OHIO WHEN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CUA OR ENVIRON TALK ABOUT THE OHIO RIVER, WE TALK ABOUT THE BASIN, NOT JUST THE MAINSTEM. SO WE맥스카지노�RE EFFECTIVELY TALKING ABOUT THIS ENTIRE HEART OF THE COUNTRY. HUMANA EMPLOYEES LIKE PRIYA ALEXANDER WERE HAPPY TO HELP AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS. SHE WAS EVEN ABLE TO CATCH HER FIRST EVER FISH. HEY, IT맥스카지노�S A RUSH. I THOUGHT, OKAY, I맥스카지노�M GOING TO BE SITTING HERE AND IT맥스카지노�S GOING TO BE JUST, YOU KNOW, A PATIENT WAITING GAME, AND IT맥스카지노�S STILL JUST BEAUTIFUL. THAT IN ITSELF HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. BUT TO CATCH IT, MY HEART WAS RACING. THIS IS PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUT IN THEIR WORLD, DOING THEIR BIT TO

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Thousands of Humana employees spread across the city Wednesday with a mission to give back to the community. Some helped clean up Waterfront Park, some prepared meal kits, and others went fishing. The employees who fished were participating in a science project that will help scientists study the Ohio River.The Kentucky Waterways Alliance, with the help of the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Kentucky chapter, University of Louisville Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences, and the Center for Healthy Air Water and Soil, helped put on the project. Michael Washburn is the executive director of the KWA."They're fishing for drum, catfish, buffalo, basically fish that live at three different depths of the river," said Washburn. "Once we get a certain number of specimens, they'll be tested for toxins to see what the levels of PFAS, mercury and certain metals are in the fish tissue of the fish that reside in the Ohio River."Washburn said officials are aware that those toxins are present in the water, but the experiment is more to measure how much of each toxin is present."We're unsure of what quantities we will find, but the end point of this will be added to the data set that the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission has collected," said Washburn.Washburn adds that this is an important test for not just those who live near the Ohio River, but all across the state and region."The Ohio River is our most abundant natural resource," said Washburn. "97% of Kentucky drains into the Ohio. When organizations like KWA or Envirom talk about the Ohio River, we're talking about the basin, not just the main stem. So we're effectively talking about this entire heart of the country."While the day was filled with science, Humana employees like Priya Alexander enjoyed the weather and the activity. "I love being out here. I canoe on the Ohio River," said Alexander. "I'm excited to give back any way I can."

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Thousands of Humana employees spread across the city Wednesday with a mission to give back to the community. Some helped clean up Waterfront Park, some prepared meal kits, and others went fishing.

The employees who fished were participating in a science project that will help scientists study the Ohio River.

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The Kentucky Waterways Alliance, with the help of the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Kentucky chapter, University of Louisville Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences, and the Center for Healthy Air Water and Soil, helped put on the project. Michael Washburn is the executive director of the KWA.

"They're fishing for drum, catfish, buffalo, basically fish that live at three different depths of the river," said Washburn. "Once we get a certain number of specimens, they'll be tested for toxins to see what the levels of PFAS, mercury and certain metals are in the fish tissue of the fish that reside in the Ohio River."

Washburn said officials are aware that those toxins are present in the water, but the experiment is more to measure how much of each toxin is present.

"We're unsure of what quantities we will find, but the end point of this will be added to the data set that the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission has collected," said Washburn.

Washburn adds that this is an important test for not just those who live near the Ohio River, but all across the state and region.

"The Ohio River is our most abundant natural resource," said Washburn. "97% of Kentucky drains into the Ohio. When organizations like KWA or Envirom talk about the Ohio River, we're talking about the basin, not just the main stem. So we're effectively talking about this entire heart of the country."

While the day was filled with science, Humana employees like Priya Alexander enjoyed the weather and the activity.

"I love being out here. I canoe on the Ohio River," said Alexander. "I'm excited to give back any way I can."

Humana employees participating in fishing science project to study the health of Ohio River

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