Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2015. At the start of the school year, it is critical to check in with school administrators to make sure that students and teachers will not be exposed to hazardous pesticides used in the school’s buildings or on playing fields. Whether a parent, teacher, student, school administrator, landscaper[Read More…]
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White House Fact Sheet: President Obama Announces New Actions to Bring Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to Households Across the Country
Advancing Clean Energy Technology Innovation, Cutting Energy Bills, and Creating Jobs Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2015. President Obama is committed to taking responsible steps to address climate change, promote clean energy and energy efficiency, drive innovation, and ensure a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations. That is why at Senator[Read More…]
Home Care Workers’ Fight for $15 Gains Momentum with Obama Administration Win On Wage, Overtime Protections
More than 2 million home care workers ‘invisible no more’ Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2015. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a unanimous decision today reversing a recent district court stay and upholding the rule issued by the Department of Labor ensuring federal minimum wage[Read More…]
Climate Change Is the Real Threat to Electric Grid Reliability in the Southwest
Lightning strikes over Lake Mead in Arizona. The West remains in a historic drought, and Lake Mead is currently just 38 percent full. Source: AP/John Locher Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2015. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s, or EPA’s, Clean Power Plan is one of the most important steps the United[Read More…]
NOAA Declares Deaths of Large Whales in Gulf of Alaska an Unusual Mortality Event
Bears feeding on a fin whale carcass in Larson Bay, Alaska, near Kodiak. Credit: NOAA ALASKA–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. NOAA is declaring the recent deaths of 30 large whales in the western Gulf of Alaska an “unusual mortality event,” triggering a focused, expert investigation into the cause. An unusual mortality event[Read More…]
Case Report: Patient With Life-Threatening Angioedema Responds Favorably To Inhaled Cannabis
Beersheba, Israel–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Inhaling cannabis is associated with the remission of refractory idiopathic angioedema, according to a clinical report published in the journal Case Reports in Immunology. Angioedema is a condition characterized by rapid swelling under the skin in regions around the face and throat, which may result in[Read More…]
Bureau of Reclamation to Lead Interior Department’s Independent Review of Colorado Gold King Mine Incident
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Provide Peer Review of Final Report WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. The Department of the Interior has asked the Bureau of Reclamation to lead Interior’s independent assessment of factors that contributed to the August 5 Gold King Mine incident in Colorado. Interior was asked to[Read More…]
Breastfeeding May Expose Infants to Toxic Chemicals
Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. A widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and interference with immune function—perfluorinated alkylate substances, or PFASs—appears to build up in infants by 20%–30% for each month they’re breastfed, according to a new study co-authored by experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of[Read More…]
Tiny Concentrations of Teflon Chemical Harmful to Public Health
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Newly published research shows that even very small doses of the Teflon chemical PFOA in drinking water pose a more serious threat to public health than previously thought. EWG’s report on the research, released today, shows that federal guidance on safe levels for PFOA is hundreds,[Read More…]
New study: San Francisco Bay Area Ticks Carry Diverse Infections
SILICON VALLEY, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Bay Area Lyme Foundation, which is working to make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure, highlights a new Bay Area study conducted by researchers from Stanford University and Northern Arizona University documenting a vast diversity of bacterial species and strains that cause tick-borne diseases in Bay[Read More…]
