sanitation

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Cruise ships are also subject to the agency’s Vessel Sanitation Program, which oversees sanitation inspections, outbreak monitoring and public-health guidance for participating vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

"Food security remains a challenge, while essential services, particularly water, sanitation, and health, are again on the brink of collapse," UN Assistant Secretary General Khaled Khiari told the Security Council.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

So, like many SSI recipients, she has continued to live with her father, who makes around $2,000 a month as a Philadelphia sanitation worker.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

I hear the sanitation trucks enter the gate and see the men in their khaki uniforms fan out around the camp.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed