Friends of the Earth demands end to U.S. support of trade agreements that allow corporate-dominated tribunals to gut environmental protections Washington D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2011. A World Trade Organization tribunal in Geneva, Switzerland ruled yesterday, September 15, that the U.S. labeling system intended to prevent dolphins from being killed by commercial[Read More…]
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Campus Progress: Survey Shows Need for Better Teen Sex Ed
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2011. Campus Progress reports about a recent study done by the Cook County Department of Public Health that surveyed 1,718 students at 20 suburban public high schools about health issues. The data released reinforces a need for a comprehensive sexual health education program in Illinois that, in addition[Read More…]
Haitian Farmers Fighting Monsanto and Chemical-Intensive Agriculture (Video)
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- An exclusive interview with Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, executive director of Haiti’s Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP), on fighting Monsanto and chemical-intensive agriculture. The interview was conducted August 26, 2011 by Jay Feldman, executive director of Beyond Pesticides, and Marie-Jose Etheart, Beyond Pesticides supporter, collaborator and Kreyol translator. See the full story here: Haitian[Read More…]
White House Blocks EPA Chemical Health Review
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- (Beyond Pesticides, September 15, 2011) Bowing to pressure from the chemical industry, the administration of President Barack Obama recently blocked a new and desperately needed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review of chemical health hazards which was developed under the agency’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), according to Daniel[Read More…]
World Leaders Must Take Binding Steps to Curb Unhealthy Food Industry – UN Expert
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–16 September 2011. A United Nations human rights expert today called for taxing unhealthy food, regulating harmful marketing practices and standing up to the food industry, urging world leaders not to miss the chance at a summit next week to end a state of affairs that kills nearly 3 million[Read More…]
NIH Launches Program to Facilitate Drug, Vaccine and Therapeutic License Agreements for Start-up Companies
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2011. President Obama announced today an initiative that will facilitate the ability of start-up companies to license inventions for groundbreaking medical technologies for drugs, vaccines and therapeutics developed by intramural scientists at NIH. As part of this effort, the NIH is reducing both the cost and paperwork[Read More…]
NIH, DARPA and FDA Collaborate to Develop Cutting-edge Technologies to Predict Drug Safety
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2011. President Obama announced today that the National Institutes of Health will collaborate with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to develop a chip to screen for safe and effective drugs far more swiftly and efficiently than current methods,[Read More…]
Secretary General Ban Warns World Not to Replace Ozone-Depleting Gases With Greenhouse Substitutes
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–16 September 2011, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community today not to replace ozone-depleting gases that are now being phased out with highly potent global warming substitutes. “Only by limiting global climate change can we hope to achieve sustainable development for all,” he said in a message[Read More…]
Happy Anniversary to LawnReform.org
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2011. The date snuck up on me, but before it creeps away too far, I wanted to send along a shout out to LawnReform.org, the coalition of national garden writers dedicated to toxic pesticide reduction and resource management on the lawn. The two-year anniversary of the first[Read More…]
CPSC Completes Final Studies to Help Affected Homeowners Remediate Problem Drywall
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released updated remediation (pdf) guidance for homeowners with problem drywall. The guidance calls for the replacement of all: problem drywall; smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms; electrical distribution[Read More…]
