Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015 Jackco Pocket Jump Starter – Deluxe Set Recall Summary Name of product: ZETA by Jackco Pocket Jump Starter – Deluxe Set Hazard: The battery packs can overheat, split apart and melt the battery pack’s enclosure, posing a fire hazard. Remedy: View Details Refund Consumer Contact: Jackco[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
SRAM Recalls Zipp 88 Bicycle Wheel Hubs Due to Crash and Injury Hazards
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015 First version of 88 hub Recall Summary Name of product: Zipp 88 aluminum hubs for bicycle wheels Hazard: The hub flange ring on the front hub can fail posing a crash and injury hazard. Remedy: View Details Replace Consumer Contact: SRAM at (800) 346-2928 between 9[Read More…]
Climate Action Plan Toolkit: EPA Releases Stormwater Climate Change Tool
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015. “Climate change means increased risks to our health, our economy, and our environment,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. “But with the President’s Climate Action Plan, the agency is taking action to advance science-based technology, such as the addition of the Climate Adjustment Tool, to help state[Read More…]
FDA Issues New Draft Documents Related to Compounding of Human Drugs
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015. Documents include draft guidances on outsourcing facility registration; outsourcing facility adverse event reporting; drug repackaging; mixing, diluting, and repackaging biological products; and a draft Memorandum of Understanding with the states Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued five draft documents related to drug compounding[Read More…]
Department of the Interior Releases Final Supplemental EIS for Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193
Analysis confirms major risks from oil drilling in the remote and fragile Arctic Ocean Walruses sighted in the Chukchi Sea during a tagging survey in June 2010. Sarah Sonsthagen / U.S. Geological Survey Anchorage, AK —(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015. Yesterday the Department of the Interior released its final supplemental environmental impact[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Reacts to Mischaracterization of CAP Report at House Financial Services Committee Hearing on the FHA
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015. At a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Federal Housing Administration, or FHA, on Wednesday, Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) used a quote from a Center for American Progress report to support his assertion that the FHA engages in predatory lending. In response, Julia[Read More…]
Illinois: Increased Incarceration Had Limited Effect on Reducing Crime for Over Two Decades
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015. Since 1990, increased incarceration had a limited impact on reducing crime nationwide, concludes a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. In What Caused the Crime Decline?, a team of economic and criminal justice researchers examine over 40 years of[Read More…]
EPA Sued for Violating Endangered Species Act with Allowance of New 2,4-D/Roundup Pesticide
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015. With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) nod to the pesticide industry on expanded uses of the herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate, environmental groups are charging that the agency violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Repeating a pattern of putting the environment in harm’s way through violations of federal endangered[Read More…]
National Coalition Plus Tens of Thousands Submit Comments Opposing West Coast Fracked Gas Export Plan
Portland, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2015. On behalf of a diverse national coalition, including conservation, commercial fishing and private property owners, the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) and Sierra Club submitted comments today to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) opposing what would become the first gas export terminal on the West[Read More…]
FDA Approves Lenvima for a Type of Thyroid Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted approval to Lenvima (lenvatinib) to treat patients with progressive, differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) whose disease progressed despite receiving radioactive iodine therapy (radioactive iodine refractory disease). The most common type of thyroid cancer, DTC is a cancerous growth[Read More…]
