By Dahr Jamail Despite BP having capped its well in the Gulf of Mexico in July, the health-related after-effects of the disaster subsist. Gulf Coast residents and BP cleanup workers have linked the source of certain illnesses to chemicals present in BP’s oil and the toxic dispersants used to sink it –[Read More…]
Day: January 6, 2011
Avalung Backpacks Recalled by Black Diamond Equipment Due to Suffocation Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a[Read More…]
Haiti: UN, Partners Launch New $200 Million Sustainable Development Project
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 January 2011 – The United Nations and its partners this week launched a 20-year, $200 million environmental recovery programme in south-west Haiti that aims to benefit more than 200,000 people and show that sustainable rural development, from fisheries to tourism, is indeed practical. Lessons learned during the execution[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Robert Gibbs, January 5, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2011 – 12:51 P.M. EST Q Where’s the cake? Q It’s a standing-room crowd here. MR. GIBBS: I noticed such a thing, and many cameras, and I see a number of Christmas ties as well. Fire away. Q Can you tell us a bit more — in[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Departure of Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2011. “For the last six years, Robert has been a close friend, one of my closest advisers and an effective advocate from the podium for what this administration has been doing to move America forward. I think it’s natural for him to want to step back, reflect[Read More…]
Statement from Illinois Department of Insurance on Interpretation of Federal Mental Health Parity Law
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2011. In 2008, Congress passed and then-President George W. Bush signed into law the Wellstone-Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA” or “Wellstone-Domenici”), which provides “parity,” or equivalence, of coverage for mental health or substance use disorder benefits and coverage for medical or surgical benefits. Group[Read More…]
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