In light of the tragic mass shooting in Orlando, 24 Senators join letter urging FDA to develop better blood donation policies based on individual risk WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) yesterday led a bipartisan group of 24 Senators in calling[Read More…]
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With No Amount of Lead Exposure Safe for Children, American Academy of Pediatrics Calls For Stricter Regulations
Amid growing evidence that even low levels of lead can cause permanent cognitive, academic and behavioral difficulties in children, the AAP urges national commitment to eliminating its sources before exposure occurs. ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL –(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. Even at half the levels previously considered safe, growing evidence shows[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement Pushes for More Screening, Treatment for Teen Substance Abuse
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. The American Academy of Pediatrics will release its updated policy statement and clinical guidelines on teens and substance use, calling for pediatricians to expand efforts to screen and treat adolescents. The policy statement, “Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment,” along with[Read More…]
Most Youth With Sports and Recreation Related Concussions Not Seen in Health Care Settings
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. A study in the July 2016 Pediatrics estimates that 1.1 million to 1.9 million U.S. children and adolescents under age 18 experience sports and recreation-related concussions each year, the majority of which aren’t seen in health care settings. For the study, “Sports- and Recreation-Related[Read More…]
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant to be Shut Down, Power Replaced by Renewables, Efficiency, Storage
California, world’s sixth largest economy, going nuclear-free BERKELEY, CALIF. –(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. An historic agreement has been reached between Pacific Gas and Electric, Friends of the Earth, and other environmental and labor organizations to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors with greenhouse-gas-free renewable energy, efficiency and energy storage resources.[Read More…]
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Pacific Bluefin Tuna
Overfishing Continues As Population Reaches Near Historic Low Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/aes256. SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. Pacific bluefin tuna have reached dangerously low population levels, so a coalition of individuals and groups today petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect the species under the Endangered Species Act. The[Read More…]
Endangered Sonoma County Tiger Salamander Gets Recovery Plan
Photo courtesy USFWS. SANTA ROSA, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. In accordance with a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a final recovery plan for the endangered Sonoma County population of the California tiger salamander. The plan calls for purchase and permanent[Read More…]
NASA’s K2 Finds Newborn Exoplanet Around Young Star (Video)
When a planet such as K2-33b passes in front of its host star, it blocks some of the star’s light. Observing this periodic dimming, called a transit, from continual monitoring of a star’s brightness, allows astronomers to detect planets outside our solar system with a high degree of certainty. This[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Report Finds 11 Oil and Gas Companies Were Responsible for Half of the Industry’s Methane Pollution in 2014
A pump jack for pulling oil from the ground is seen near New Town, North Dakota, on February 25, 2015. Source: AP/Matthew Brown Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. In 2014, ConocoPhillips topped the list of companies with the most methane pollution in the onshore oil and gas production sector.[Read More…]
House, Senate Bills Aim to Remove Barriers to Marijuana Research
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016 – This week, Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03), Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD-01), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-09), and Sam Farr (D-CA-20) will be introducing the Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016. This bill heeds the calls of the medical research community to address the burdensome processes that currently[Read More…]
