Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011. A recent study published in the journal NeuroToxicology has found a positive link between exposure to the pesticide propoxur and poor motor development in infants. At the age of two, children exposed to propoxur in the womb experience poor development of motor skills, according to a[Read More…]
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EPA Links Fracking to Groundwater Contamination
Lays industry myth to rest once and for all Pavillion, WY–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released draft study results (PDF) today linking the controversial form of gas development known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to contaminated groundwater. At the urging of Pavillion, WY residents, the agency began investigating[Read More…]
NOAA: Autumn and November both warmer than average in the United States
U.S. sets record with a dozen billion-dollar weather disasters in one year Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011 Billion dollar weather/climate disasters 1980 – November 2011. Download here. (Credit: NOAA) November and the September-November autumn season were warmer than average across the contiguous U.S., according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces U.S. Surgeon General and National Prevention Council Meeting in Illinois
Meeting of Council to Promote Health, Prevention and Wellness Nationwide CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. The State of Illinois today welcomed U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina M. Benjamin and other members of the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council (National Prevention Council) to Illinois. Members met in Chicago today for[Read More…]
NRDC: Tennessee Residents Protected from Toxic Chemical Exposure
Settlement Reached in Dickson County Contaminated Drinking Water Case NASHVILLE, TN–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. A Tennessee community will be permanently protected from toxic well water and provided with safe municipal drinking water under a settlement reached today among the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), two members of a family whose homestead[Read More…]
Rare Gene Variant Implicates Vitamin D in Multiple Sclerosis
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–8 December 2011. A rare genetic variant that appears to be directly and causally linked to multiple sclerosis (MS) has been identified by Oxford University researchers. Importantly, the mutation in the CYP27B1 gene affects a key enzyme which leads people with the variant to have lower levels of vitamin[Read More…]
Panel Endorses Active Monitoring and Delay of Treatment for Low-risk Prostate Cancer
Urges further research to clarify management strategies Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health has concluded that many men with localized, low-risk prostate cancer should be closely monitored, permitting treatment to be delayed until warranted by disease progression. However, monitoring strategies—such[Read More…]
Massive Stars Are Born As Giants
Amsterdam-(ENEWSPF)- Astronomers from the University of Amsterdam have shown that forming massive stars are much bigger than grown-up massive stars. Their observations confirm the theory that, at the conclusion of the formation process, a massive star further contracts until it has reached a stable equilibrium. The results are published as[Read More…]
New All-Sky Map Shows The Magnetic Fields Of The Milky Way With The Highest Precision
The sky map of the Faraday effect caused by the magnetic fields of the Milky Way. Red and blue colors indicate regions of the sky where the magnetic field points toward and away from the observer, respectively. The band of the Milky Way (the plane of the galactic disk) extends[Read More…]
Solar Storms Could ‘Sandblast’ the Moon
Solar Dynamics Observatory view of June 7 CME Coronal Mass Ejection as viewed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory on June 7, 2011. Credit: NASA/SDO NASA-(ENEWSPF)- Solar storms and associated Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) can significantly erode the lunar surface according to a new set of computer simulations by NASA scientists.[Read More…]
