Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015 Tough Treadz Auto Carrier Toy Sets Recall Summary Name of product: Tough Treadz Auto Carrier Hazard: The die-cast metal cars can have sharp edges that pose a laceration hazard. Remedy: View Details Refund Consumer Contact: Family Dollar Stores at (800) 547-0359 from 8:30 a.m. to 5[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Performance Packaging Recalls Children’s Food Pouch Attachment Due to Choking Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015. PouchPop Topper Recall Summary Name of product: The PouchPop™ Topper Hazard: The tube of the pouch topper that screws onto the food pouch can separate from the round base, posing a choking hazard to young children. Remedy: View Details Refund Replace Consumer Contact: Performance Packaging toll-free[Read More…]
EPA Finalizes Updates to Air Standards for Future Wood Heaters
Phased-in updates will ensure a smooth transition to cleaner and more efficient wood heaters WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing standards to limit the amount of pollution that wood heaters, which will be manufactured and sold in the future, can emit. These standards, which[Read More…]
Following Institute of Medicine Study Confirming Agent Orange Exposure, Bipartisan Group of Senators Calls on VA Secretary to Ensure Post Vietnam Air Force Veterans Receive Proper Benefits and Compensation
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2015. A bipartisan group of senators led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) today called on VA Secretary Robert McDonald to ensure that veterans long denied care for exposure to Agent Orange receive timely and proper benefits and compensation. The letter[Read More…]
Paramedics May Be First Line of Treatment for Stroke
NIH study demonstrates feasibility of getting drugs to stroke patients faster Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015. There is no time to waste when it comes to stroke. The more time that passes between stroke onset and treatment, the worse the outcome is for the patient. A study designed to test the[Read More…]
NRDC: House Again Votes to Weaken Health, Safety, Environmental Protections
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2015–The House once again today voted to weaken environmental, health, safety and consumer safeguards for the public by approving the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, which would impose layers of bureaucratic red tape on the laws that protect Americans against pollution and food contamination, and subject proposed[Read More…]
Hear the Nine: Center for American Progress Launches First Three Stories in Series on Impact of King v. Burwell
New website to feature nine stories for each Supreme Court justice who will rule on the Affordable Care Act. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2015. Personal stories from Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas kick off a month-long campaign by the Center for American Progress to highlight the very real impacts of the[Read More…]
New Report: Long-term Vision on Money in Politics Requires ‘Political Opportunity’ Framework
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015. Reforming the flow of money into politics and revitalizing democracy requires a new framework: a focus on enhancing political opportunity, concludes a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and New America. Such a principle would both engage the public[Read More…]
Center for Constitutional Rights Statement on Latest Legislative Effort to Block Closure of Guantanamo
Ayotte SASC Bill: “Shameless, opportunistic effort to score political points at the expense of human lives.” NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015. In advance of today’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Senator Kelly Ayotte’s bill to stop transfers from Guantanamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: Senators[Read More…]
Investigation Finds Industry Efforts to Quash Science and EU Ban of Endocrine Disruptors
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015. A brewing battle in the European Union (EU) over removing from the market Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC)s has heated up. An investigative report in The Guardian reveals that a European Union (EU) scientific paper, prepared to assist in the development of new mandatory EDC risk assessment standards, was never made[Read More…]
