Failures to report on methylmercury, a neurotoxin, prompt legal action TORONTO –(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2016. Wildlands League, represented by Ecojustice lawyers, has filed a private prosecution against De Beers Canada Inc. for failing to report levels of mercury and methylmercury at its Victor Diamond Mine site in northern Ontario. Methylmercury, a[Read More…]
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Missing 1-2 Hours of Sleep Doubles Crash Risk
AAA Foundation study reveals the dangers of getting less than seven hours of sleep WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2016 – Drivers who miss between one to two hours of the recommended seven hours of sleep in a 24-hour period nearly double their risk for a crash, according to new research from[Read More…]
Democrats Release Select Investigative Panel Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2016. Today, the Democratic Members of the Select Investigative Panel issued a 112-page report entitled , “Setting the Record Straight: The Unjustifiable Attack on Women’s Health Care and Life-Saving Research.” “Fifteen months after the Select Panel was created and after spending more than $1.5 million in[Read More…]
Climate Change Will Drive Stronger, Smaller Storms in U.S.
Copyright Pixabay New modeling approach forecasts changes in storm behavior, flood risk CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2016. The effects of climate change will likely cause smaller but stronger storms in the United States, according to a new framework for modeling storm behavior developed at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory.[Read More…]
Uncovering a ‘Smoking Gun’ in Age-Related Disease
Old C. elegans expressing a specific alternative splicing event tagged by either green or red fluorescent protein, well-fed (left) or on dietary restriction (right). Worms on dietary restriction maintain a youthful splicing pattern (as seen in young worms) compared to the well-fed worm population at the same age. Boston, MA[Read More…]
Study Finds Presumptive Announcements Beat Open Ended Conversations to Increase HPV Vaccination
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2016. A decade after a vaccine to fight the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) was introduced in the United States, almost half of adolescents have yet to receive the first dose. A study in the January 2017 Pediatrics suggests an effective way to increase HPV vaccination[Read More…]
No Safe Level of Smoking: Even low-Intensity Smokers are at Increased Risk of Earlier Death
Photo Source: Youtube Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2016. People who consistently smoked an average of less than one cigarette per day over their lifetime had a 64 percent higher risk of earlier death than never smokers, and those who smoked between one and 10 cigarettes a day had an 87 percent[Read More…]
Army Corps of Engineers Will Not Grant Easement for Dakota Access Pipeline Crossing
Perhaps the most important nonviolent resistance movement of our generation rages on in North Dakota NORTH DAKOTA–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2016. The Department of the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, the Army’s Assistant Secretary for[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Pass the 21st Century Cures Act, Dec. 3, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2016 Hi, everybody. On the first day of my administration, I promised to restore science to its rightful place. I told you we would unleash American innovation and technology to tackle the health challenges of our time. Over the last eight years, we’ve delivered on that promise in[Read More…]
Siberian Air Will Blow to U.S. as Polar Vortex Breaks Down & Jet Stream Crosses North Pole
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By FishOutofWater Forecast map for Tuesday shows Siberian and polar air breaking out into western north America from Alaska to Texas. This is not a normal Arctic air outbreak. Siberian air will be driven into western north America by winds blowing across the north pole from[Read More…]
