PLEASANTON, CA–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. CooperVision announced today that it is expanding its worldwide recall of the Avaira brand product line of contact lenses to include a limited number of lots of Avaira Sphere contact lenses. In continued collaboration with the United States Food and Drug Administration, CooperVision is expanding the[Read More…]
Day: November 16, 2011
Occupy Chicago to Participate in National Day of Action Thursday, November 17
3:30 pm: Occupy Chicago joins StandUp! Chicago to “demand jobs, not cuts, from our government!” Rally at the Thompson Center (100 W. Randolph St), followed by a march. 5:30 pm: Occupy Chicago engages in a mass action at Jackson and LaSalle CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2011. As part of a national day[Read More…]
EPA Releases Pyrethroid Risk Assessment, Ignores Numerous Health Effects
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2011. On November 9, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its cumulative risk assessment for the pyrethroid class of insecticides, concluding that these pesticides “do not pose risk concerns for children or adults,” ignoring a wealth of independent data that links this class of chemicals[Read More…]
Wake Up, Congress: Create Jobs, Fix Our Crumbling Infrastructure
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg The Outpost Observer It wasn’t that many years ago that “infrastructure” wasn’t a part of our everyday vocabulary. As the nation grew, government put more and more money into roads, bridges, water and sewer lines, school buildings, parks, and other public facilities. The need was[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for November 16, 2011
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]