Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. Consumer groups submitted a formal petition on Tuesday asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to classify and evaluate AquaBounty’s “AquAdvantage” genetically engineered (GE) salmon and all of its components as a food additive. Currently FDA’s review process classifies the GE salmon as a new animal[Read More…]
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Fighting for Air: Groups Support EPA’s Life-Saving Standards for Mercury and Auto Emissions
Six-figure, four-state on-line advertising campaign in MI, OH, PA and VA will applaud efforts to curb dangerous carbon emissions from cars and mercury and other toxics from power plants Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012. Two national environmental protection groups have launched a six-figure online advertising campaign applauding the EPA and President[Read More…]
Pollution Is Not Progress; Take Action to Clean Up Florida’s Water
Polluters’ TV campaign is anti-Florida Tallahassee, FL–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. Television ads produced by the polluter lobbyist group “Free Market Florida” are an affront to millions of Floridians who are living with the sad reality of polluted drinking water, toxic algae outbreaks and fish kills in their favorite rivers, springs, lakes,[Read More…]
Largest National Nurses Union Opposes Mandatory Flu Vaccination as Condition of Employment
Nurses also call for Pharma representatives to step down from federal vaccine board and include a direct-care RN CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. Hospital-based registered nurses, who are members of National Nurses United, will make a statement before the Health and Human Services National Vaccine Advisory Committee in a public forum on Tuesday[Read More…]
COWL Walking Challenge
State health department, Conference of Women Legislators and American Heart Association team up to fight the number one killer SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012 One in three women dies of cardiovascular disease. To bring awareness to heart disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), Conference of Women Legislators (COWL) and the[Read More…]
HHS Launches Strong Start Initiative to Increase Healthy Deliveries and Reduce Preterm Births
WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 8, 2012. To help reduce the increasing number of preterm births in America and ensure more babies are born healthy, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced more than $40 million in grants to test ways to reverse that trend, as well as a public campaign to reduce early elective[Read More…]
CDC Study Finds Levels of Trans-fatty Acids in Blood of U.S. White Adults Has Decreased
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012. Blood levels of trans–fatty acids (TFAs) in white adults in the U.S. population decreased by 58 percent from 2000 to 2009 according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published in the Feb. 8 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. This[Read More…]
Interior Deputy Secretary Hayes Outlines Administration’s Commitment to Science-Based Decision-Making in the Arctic
ANCHORAGE–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2012. In a speech to the Alaska Forum on the Environment today, Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes and Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Policy Heather Zichal outlined a series of new initiatives aimed at bringing the best available science to[Read More…]
DOL Women’s Bureau Releases Guide to Help Women Prepare For, Find and Succeed in ‘Green’ Jobs
Clean energy economy offers women untapped employment opportunities WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2012. The U.S. Department of Labor yesterday announced the availability of “Why Green is Your Color: A Woman’s Guide to a Sustainable Career,” which is designed to help women find and keep higher paying jobs in the clean energy economy.[Read More…]
Sierra Club Fights Liquefied Natural Gas Exports
Asks for First Ever Full Environmental Impact Statement of Marcellus Shale Fracking Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2012. This Monday, the Sierra Club filed the first formal objection with the Department of Energy against the export of domestic gas produced from fracking. This objection called the export proposal an unwise plan which would[Read More…]
