Risk of impairment the morning after use of sleep aid drugs Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it required the manufacturer of the sleep drug Lunesta (eszopiclone) to change the drug label and lower the current recommended starting dose. Data show that eszopiclone[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
German Environment Ministers Institute De Facto Moratorium on Fracking
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Yesterday, Food & Water Watch learned that German Environment Ministers have banded together to make changes to mining law that will effectively create a de facto moratorium on fracking in most areas of Germany. The law would ban fracking from important drinking water zones such as Lake[Read More…]
Kids’ Cereals Pack 40 Percent More Sugar
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Eating a bowl of kids’ cereal every day would add up to eating 10 pounds of sugar a year, according to a new Environmental Working Group analysis of more than 1,500 cereals, including 181 marketed for children. Virtually all of the cold cereals contained added sugar,[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Leads Senators in Pushing CFPB to Crack Down on Predatory Payday Loans
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. In a letter sent to the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) yestrday, six Senators – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) – pushed[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Today’s Fast Food Strikes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Working families everywhere are inspired by the spirit and the courage of fast food workers who are striking today in over 150 cities. Every worker deserves fair wages and the right to form a union without retaliation because no one who works full time should struggle[Read More…]
Local Groups Demand Industrial Egg Factory Follow the Clean Water Act
Ammonia from Rose Acre Farms endangers nearby wildlife refuge, waterways and entire Tar-Pamlico River system Raleigh, NC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Several North Carolina conservation groups filed legal papers late yesterday aimed at cleaning up ammonia pollution from a massive industrial chicken operation adjacent to the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. The[Read More…]
Cascading Dunes in a Martian Crater
Rabe crater perspective view EU–(ENEWSPF)–15 May 2014. A new mosaic from ESA’s Mars Express shows a swirling field of dark dunes cascading into sunken pits within a large impact crater. The mosaic was created from two images taken on 7 December 2005 and 9 January 2014, and focuses on the[Read More…]
Thousands Sent to Emergency Room by Preventable Pool Chemical Injuries
Children often the ones hurt by pool chemicals Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Injuries from pool chemicals led to nearly 5,000 emergency room visits in 2012, according to a study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly half of these preventable injuries were in children and teenagers[Read More…]
Report Highlights Urgent Need to Protect American Communities from Toxic Coal Ash Pollution
Lax Regulations, Rampant Contamination Show Need for Strong New Safeguards by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Today, Sierra Club and Earthjustice joined national experts and local activists in releasing “Dangerous Waters: America’s Coal Ash Crisis,” a report that illustrates the ongoing damage and risks to public health[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry: Fast Food Strikers Fighting for Economy That Works for All of Us
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement in support of fast food workers in the U.S. and across the world who are striking and staging actions to call for higher pay and respect for workers: “The fast food[Read More…]
