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O u t s t a n d i n g D i s t i n g u i s h e d S c i e n t i s t L e c t u r e

Ferrate in Population Health Care: Enhanced Hospital Disinfection and

Water Purification

ProfessorDirector of the Program on Environment

and SustainabilityDepartment of Environmental and

Occupational HealthSchool of Public Health

Texas A&M University

P R OD U CE D B Y R E S E AR CH COMMU NI CAT I ONS

Questions: dgaddy@tamu.edu

10 a.m. Monday, February 10, 2020.