Day: May 1, 2014

EPA Set to Approve Increased Use of Toxic 2,4-D on Dow’s ‘Agent Orange’ Crops

Time is Running Out to Keep Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Toxic Herbicide off American Fields and Out of our Environment Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014.  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposal to approve the direct spraying of the toxic herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) on genetically engineered[Read More…]

Citizens’ Review Backs Ballot Initiative to Ban GE Crops from Jackson County, Oregon

Center for Food Safety Testifies Before Panel OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014.  A twenty-person Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) has concluded its review of Jackson County’s ballot initiative to ban genetically engineered (GE) crops from the county. The state-sanctioned review’s “Key Findings” concluded that farms in Jackson County are at “serious” risk of[Read More…]

Jessica Nixon, Rich East Stellar Student

Meet Jessica Nixon, Rich East Stellar Student

Jessica Nixon, Rich East Stellar Student. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- This is another in a series of stellar students from "The Class of 2014" at Rich East High School in Park Forest, Ill. All students were given a series of the same questions. All responses are in their exact[Read More…]

Department of Defense Press Briefing on Sexual Assault in the Military, May 1, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Presenters: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel; Major General Jeffrey Snow, director, Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office; Nate Galbreath, senior executive advisor, Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Good afternoon. Happy May Day. Last week,[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel and Choose Chicago Announce Automechanika Chicago Trade Show Will Launch In 2015

20,000 Visitors Expected to Attend Leading International Automotive Trade Show in Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Don Welsh, President and CEO of Choose Chicago, representatives from Messe Frankfurt and Advanstar Communications and members of organized labor to announce the launch of Automechanika Chicago, a new U.S.-based trade[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Announce Partnership to Support Divvy Bike Share System

Five-Year, $12.5 Million Agreement to Become the Exclusive System Sponsor CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) has committed to a $12.5 million, five-year sponsorship investment to support, strengthen and expand the popular Divvy bike share program. “Our partnership with[Read More…]

Survey: Fibromyalgia Patients Report Subjective Relief From Cannabis

Golden, CO–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014.  Fibromyalgia patients who have tried cannabis say that it is more likely to relieve their symptoms than are conventional alternatives, according to the findings of an online survey of over 1,300 subjects conducted by The National Pain Foundation and NationalPainReport.com. Of those surveyed, 379 respondents reported[Read More…]

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