WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2012. As part of President Obama’s blueprint for an economy fueled by homegrown and alternative energy sources, the Energy Department announced today up to $15 million available to demonstrate biomass-based oil supplements that can be blended with petroleum, helping the U.S. to reduce foreign oil use, diversify[Read More…]
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Use of Common Pesticide Linked to Bee Colony Collapse
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2012. The likely culprit in sharp worldwide declines in honeybee colonies since 2006 is imidacloprid, one of the most widely used pesticides, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). The authors, led by Chensheng (Alex) Lu, associate professor of environmental exposure biology[Read More…]
Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on World Health Day 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2012. This year’s World Health Day theme, “Good health adds life to years”, highlights the need to ensure that people are living well as they live longer. The world’s population is aging at an unprecedented rate. Within the next five years, the number of people over 65[Read More…]
Cape Cod Communities Moving Toward Organic Land Management
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2012. A number of communities on Cape Cod, Massachusetts have begun to adopt or explore organic turf management practices for municipal parks and athletic fields. The towns of Wellfleet, Eastham, Barnstable, Brewster, Orleans, Chatham, and Harwich have all made moves toward adopting policies or informal practices that[Read More…]
IL Health Department Update on Salmonella Bareilly Cases, April 5, 2012
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting nine confirmed cases of Salmonella Bareilly with the outbreak strain. Three of these cases have been hospitalized. Illness onset dates range from February 11 to March 17. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and[Read More…]
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Citywide Recycling in 2013
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the City of Chicago has saved $2.2 million in recycling service costs during the first six months of competitive bidding, paving the way for a complete citywide recycling expansion by the end of 2013. In addition, the City will implement a competitive[Read More…]
Community Groups File Lawsuit for Federal Coal Ash Protections
EPA has failed to complete a rulemaking for important national safeguards Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Environmental and public health groups will file a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to complete its rulemaking process and finalize public health safeguards[Read More…]
Smelters Expose Communities to Toxic Levels of Lead
Environmental groups intervene to help defend public health rules from industry attack Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Yesterday, five environmental groups—Sierra Club, California Communities Against Toxics, Frisco Unleaded, the Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation, and the Natural Resources Defense Council—represented by the public interest law firm Earthjustice, filed an intervention[Read More…]
My Child Has Been Diagnosed with Autism, Now What?
Dr. Catherine Lord Highlights the Latest ASD Research and Approaches to Treatment NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012 — To help recognize Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Catherine Lord, Director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell & Columbia and a leading authority on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD),[Read More…]
Possible Clues Found to Why HIV Vaccine Showed Modest Protection
Analysis by NIH-supported scientists may help identify requirements for HIV vaccine Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection in people might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Scientists have found that among adults[Read More…]
