Unprecedented wind announcement will have customers running on 85% clean energy by 2020 DES MOINES, IOWA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. On Wednesday, in a major boost to America’s burgeoning clean energy economy, Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy announced that it would add 2,000 MW of new wind energy installations in Iowa, in[Read More…]
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FDA Approves Folic Acid Fortification of Corn Masa Flour
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved folic acid fortification of corn masa flour. The approval allows manufacturers to voluntarily add up to 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour, consistent with the levels of certain other enriched cereal grains.[Read More…]
No Decline in Overall Youth Tobacco Use Since 2011
4.7 million middle and high school students report using a tobacco product; almost half use at least two Tobacco use among middle and high school students – United States, 2011-2015 Text Version Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Overall tobacco use by middle and high school students has not changed since 2011,[Read More…]
Increased Use of Type of Diagnostic Test Poses Challenge to Tracking of Foodborne Illness
A pure culture of the bacteria that made someone sick. Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Changes in the tests that diagnose foodborne illness are helping identify infections faster but could soon pose challenges to finding outbreaks and monitoring progress toward preventing foodborne disease, according to a report published today in CDC’s[Read More…]
Business Leaders Ask IRS Employees to Give Up Coffee Buzz for Bees
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Businesses and advocates are calling on the IRS to go one day without coffee — which benefits from pollination — to create urgency about a future without pollinators. The EPA’s April 14 deadline for comment for its risk assessment on the neonicotinoid imidacloprid — a[Read More…]
Six Years after BP Oil Spill Began, Gulf Residents Gather to Address Human Health Conditions (Video)
Coden, AL —(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2016. On April 20th, 5:00–8:00 PM Central time, residents of six states along the Gulf Coast will gather for the sixth anniversary of the BP Oil Spill and livestream a Town Hall meeting to bring attention to the ongoing human health consequences that have followed the controversial[Read More…]
Race and the Drug War: Hundreds to Gather on Sunday, April 17 at Columbia University in New York City for Historic Strategy Session on the Eve of the UN Special Assembly on Drugs
Featuring Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick, Columbia University Professor Dr. Carl Hart, Activist Erica Garner and More NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2016. On Sunday, April 17th, just prior to the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS), scholars and activists will participate in what is likely the largest strategy-session that has been[Read More…]
Senators Call on New FDA Commissioner to Address Gaps in Policies to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Animals
Senators Call on New FDA Commissioner to Address Gaps in Policies to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Animals Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016. Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) wrote to urge recently-confirmed[Read More…]
Gulf of Mexico Perinatal Dolphin Deaths Likely Result of Oil Exposure
Study finds higher rate of illness in dead fetuses and newborns after Deepwater Horizon oil spill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016. The increased number of stranded stillborn and juvenile dolphins found in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010 to 2013 was likely caused by chronic illnesses in mothers who were[Read More…]
Civil Rights Complainants Denounce Company’s Intimidation Tactics
Lawsuit viewed as egregious attempt to intimidate community and stifle free speech and public participation Annette Gibbs and her husband William stand in their front yard, near the Arrowhead Landfill in Perry County, Ala. Four million cubic yards of toxic coal ash were scooped up from Harriman, Tenn., the site[Read More…]
