Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: February 12, 2014 Recall number: 14-105 HDX air compressor Recall Summary Name of product: HDX™ and Powermate® two-gallon air compressors Hazard: The[Read More…]
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Visonic Amber Personal Emergency Response Kits Recalled Due to Failure to Signal Emergency Assistance
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: February 12, 2014 Recall number: 14-104 Visonic Amber Select X Model Base Station Recall Summary Name of product: Visonic Amber SelectX Personal[Read More…]
Reps. Coffman and Gutierrez Want Answers from Military on Enlistment Issue
“We remain deeply concerned that the U.S. military is denying U.S. citizens the opportunity to serve their country because of the legal status of their spouse or child,” Bipartisan Letter from Reps. Coffman and Gutiérrez Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Yesterday, Congressman Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) and Congressman Mike Coffman (R-CO)[Read More…]
Audubon Chicago Region Welcomes Dynamic New Leadership
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. National Audubon Society yesterday announced the appointment of Rebeccah Sanders as Executive Director of Audubon Chicago Region. Her leadership will complement Audubon’s focus on diverse communities and advance the mission to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife, and their habitats. Sanders[Read More…]
Department of Transportation Declares Illinois Long-Haul Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Illinois-licensed truck driver Renato V. Velasquez to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce following a Jan. 27 crash that killed[Read More…]
Center for American Progress on the President’s Executive Action to Increase the Wages of Government Contractors
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2014. David Madland, Managing Director of Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following reaction to the news today that President Barack Obama signed an executive order to raise the wages for employees who work for federal contractors: The president took a big step[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Feb. 8, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 339,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week’s unrevised figure of 331,000. The 4-week moving average was 336,750, an increase of 3,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Study Elevates Need for Testing of ‘Inert’ Ingredients in Pesticide Products
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. French scientists from the University of Caen have revealed one more layer of the myth behind so-called “inert” ingredients in pesticides, concluding that pesticide risk assessments that focus exclusively on active ingredients substantially underestimate the potential hazards of the product as a whole. The findings in[Read More…]
Rep. Robin Kelly Announces Nominations to Military Academies
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2014. U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly announced today that she has nominated 20 young men and women of the 2nd Congressional District to United States Military Academies. Nominees Megan Dunlavy and Meagan McDonough, seniors at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, have already been accepted to the Naval Academy at Annapolis,[Read More…]
Tandem Diabetes Care Expands Voluntary Recall for Select Lots of Insulin Cartridges
Company Is Providing Replacement Cartridges to Its Customers at No Additional Charge San Diego–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Tandem Diabetes Care®, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNDM), or Tandem, today announced that it is expanding a voluntary recall of specific lots of insulin cartridges that are used with the t:slim® Insulin Pump. The affected cartridges[Read More…]
