GE Labeling Fight Moves to Washington, DC After Close Election Portland, OR—(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Center for Food Safety yesterday expressed deep disappointment that a multi-million dollar opposition campaign narrowly defeated an Oregon ballot initiative that would have mandated labeling of genetically engineered (GE) food. Measure 92 lost by a mere[Read More…]

More than 300 million Americans live in states without protection against indoor e-cigarette aerosol exposure State laws and e-cigarettes – Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014.  Forty states have enacted laws prohibiting the sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including e-cigarettes, to minors, but 10 states and the District[Read More…]

New field trials again demonstrate that organic is the engine of change in agriculture San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014.  Center for Food Safety (CFS), in collaboration with six organic strawberry farmers, today announced the launch of a pilot project to field test newly developed organic strawberry planting stock.  Government funds[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014.  Later today, the National Institutes of Health expects to admit a patient with exposure to the Ebola virus to the NIH Clinical Center’s special clinical studies unit for observation and to enroll in a clinical protocol. The patient is an American nurse who was volunteering services[Read More…]

Better research may help address health issue that affects millions Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Recommended standards for clinical low-back pain research hold promise for more consistently designed research and, in the long term, better treatment solutions to support those living with chronic low-back pain. The recommendations from the National Institutes[Read More…]

Regulations Not Being Enforced—Watchdog Asks for USDA to Remove Program Management CORNUCOPIA, WIS. –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014.  In what has been called one of the largest fraud investigations in the history of the organic industry, The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based farm policy research group, announced filing formal legal complaints against 14 industrial[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Gardasil 9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant) for the prevention of certain diseases caused by nine types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Covering nine HPV types, five more HPV types than Gardasil (previously approved by the FDA), Gardasil[Read More…]

Historic measure is similar to House amendment passed earlier this year aimed at ending DOJ/DEA interference Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2014. The House and Senate Appropriations leadership has hammered out a budget bill that includes an historic amendment to curb federal Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement in medical marijuana states.[Read More…]

Female patient gets a check up in India. Photo: World Bank/Curt Carnemark GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2014 – Some 80 per cent of the population across 44 countries lives without any health protection, essentially being deprived of the right to healthcare simply because they cannot afford it, according a new report released[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. In response to a new study reaffirming that abortion as practiced in America today is safe, Planned Parenthood released the following statement urging elected officials to consider the science when drafting legislation that affects women’s health, most notably medically unnecessary targeted restrictions on abortion providers (TRAP), which have been[Read More…]