Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2011. Recent studies have linked Parkinson’s disease to pesticide exposure. In a new article published in the journal Molecular Neurodegeneration, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine take some of the first steps toward understanding this link and unraveling the molecular dysfunction that occurs when[Read More…]
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Department of Energy Awards Nearly $7.5 Million to Help Develop Next Generation Wind Turbines
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2011. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that six projects in four states – California, Colorado, Florida, and New York – have been selected to receive nearly $7.5 million over two years to advance next-generation designs for wind turbine drivetrains. Drivetrains, which include a turbine’s gearbox[Read More…]
NIH Statement on the New Crib Safety Standards
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2011. Today, new mandatory safety standards for infant cribs will take effect, helping to ensure a safe sleep environment for infants in the United States. The new standards released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) require manufacturers and retailers to meet new safer crib standards, which include[Read More…]
Kirk to Call for Details of ‘Stealth Survey’ to Spy on Physicians
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2011. In response to a New York Times Article entitled, “U.S. Plans Stealth Survey on Access to Doctors,” United States Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is circulating a letter among Senate colleagues in advance of sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting the details[Read More…]
Durbin to Introduce Legislation Designed to Protect Consumers of Dietary Supplements
CHICAGO, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. With the use of heavily marketed energy drinks and other dietary supplements on the rise, more regulation is needed to ensure that consumers have the information they need to distinguish between products that are safe and others that contain potentially dangerous ingredients which haven’t been approved[Read More…]
FDA: Do Not Eat Evergreen Produce Brand Alfalfa Sprouts Or Spicy Sprouts
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. Sprouts may contain Salmonella Enteritidis; pathogen different from the one in European outbreak Fast Facts The FDA is warning consumers not to eat alfalfa sprouts or spicy sprouts from plastic bags labeled “Evergreen Produce” or “Evergreen Produce Inc.” The sprouts are possibly linked to 20[Read More…]
Fight Japanese Beetles and Lawn Grubs with New Neem Formulation
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011 From the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service In Maine, where I lived for more than 50 years, Japanese beetle season was easy to remember . . . because it coincided each year with tourist season. In other words, when the cars came through the toll booths[Read More…]
Study Finds Pregnant Women and Fetuses Contaminated with Pesticides Linked to Genetically Engineered Food
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. A study published in the May 2011 edition of the journal Reproductive Toxicology finds pregnant women and their fetuses contaminated with pesticides and metabolites of the herbicide gluphosinate and the Cry1Ab protein of the insecticide based on the bacterium bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), both affiliated with genetically[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on National HIV Testing Day
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. National HIV Testing Day reminds each of us to do our part in fighting HIV/AIDS and get tested. It has been thirty years since we witnessed the emergence of HIV, an illness from which roughly 600,000 Americans have died and with which more than one[Read More…]
State Public Health Director Urges Illinoisans to Get Tested on National HIV Testing Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011. As we observe the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) first report of AIDS-like disease, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold is urging Illinoisans today to get tested and learn their HIV status on National HIV[Read More…]
