Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015. RP NME Ti Titanium Replacement Cage Recall Summary Name of product: Goalie masks and replacement wire cages. Hazard: The metal wires on the cages can break, posing a facial impact or laceration hazard. Remedy: View Details Replace Consumer Contact: Bauer Hockey toll-free at (844) 448-4246 from[Read More…]
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Blinds To Go Recalls Window Shades Due to Strangulation Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015 Roller Shade window coverings Recall Summary Name of product: Blinds To Go custom-made window shades Hazard: The shade’s chain or cord loop can slip out of the hold-down device, posing a strangulation hazard for small children. Remedy: View Details Replace Consumer Contact: Call Blinds To Go[Read More…]
Persons Born in the Latter Years of the Baby Boom Hold 11.7 Jobs from Ages 18 to 48
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2015. The average person born in the latter years of the baby boom (1957-1964) held 11.7 jobs from age 18 to age 48, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly half of these jobs were held from ages 18 to 24. These findings are from[Read More…]
HHS Contracts to Develop New Ebola Drug
Work will prepare for large-scale drug manufacturing Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) awarded approximately $12 million today to BioCryst Pharmaceuticals of Durham, North Carolina, for the advanced development of a promising experimental drug[Read More…]
Repurposed Experimental Cancer Drug Restores Brain Function in Mouse Models of Alzheimer’s Disease
NIH-supported research enables clinical trial to explore treatment for most common form of dementia Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015. Scientists have found that a compound originally developed as a cancer therapy potentially could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease. The team demonstrated that the drug, saracatinib, restores memory loss and reverses[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement On U.S. Climate Commitment
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015. This morning, the United States announced its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), the country’s highly-anticipated commitment to climate action in the run up to the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris later this year. As other countries have announced their INDCs — including Mexico, Switzerland, the[Read More…]
Health, Firefighter, Consumer and Science Groups Seek Ban on Household Products With Toxic Chemical Flame Retardants
97% of U.S. residents at risk from toxic organohalogen flame retardants in their bodies Children are especially at-risk because they come into greater contact with household dust than adults. The most effective solution is to ban products containing this entire class of chemicals. Cacaye / Flickr Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 31,[Read More…]
Targeted but Dramatic School Turnaround Can Successfully Increase Student Achievement, New Center for American Progress Brief Shows
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015. Dramatic school improvement efforts are key to turning around underperforming schools and successfully increasing student achievement, according to the available body of research, and powerful examples from schools in Maryland, Kentucky, Kansas, and California demonstrate that school turnaround is most effective when districts take aggressive steps to rescue[Read More…]
Center for Biological Diversity: Obama Administration Announces Weak Carbon Pollution Cuts Ahead of Paris Climate Talks
Misleading Plan Trims Emissions by Less Than Half Amount Necessary to Avoid Catastrophic Warming WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015. The target for carbon pollution cuts announced today by the Obama administration uses deceptive accounting to disguise weak reductions that won’t prevent catastrophic warming. U.S. negotiators will take this climate plan to December’s[Read More…]
NRDC: U.S. Formalizes Climate Commitment, Sends a Powerful Signal — It’s Time to Act
NRDC’s Suh: Goal Can Be Met, Even Exceeded WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015 – The United States today unveiled concrete plans, in a formal submission to the United Nations, to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by up to 28 percent below 2005 levels in 2025 as a part of a new effort[Read More…]
