Report examines the prevalence, severity, and duration of pain Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2015. A new analysis of data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has found that most American adults have experienced some level of pain, from brief to more lasting pain, and from relatively minor to more[Read More…]
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Federal Court Demands Decision on Toxic Pesticide
Court cites EPA’s own findings on health dangers of chlorpyrifos to push agency to act A plane sprays pesticide over a farm. Denton Rumsey/Shutterstock Seattle, WA —(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. Calling EPA’s delay in regulating the dangerous pesticide chlorpyrifos “egregious,” the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today ordered EPA to respond[Read More…]
EPA Proposes Training Requirements for Those Who Apply Acutely Toxic ‘Restricted Use’ Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2015. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing new standards for pesticide applicators who apply “restricted use” pesticides, requiring an increased level of training, a minimum age requirement for applicators, and basic literacy. The proposal will soon be available for public comment. Encompassing the highly acutely[Read More…]
Feds Propose New Rules to Protect Whales, Dolphins in Other Countries
Regulations Will Prohibit Seafood Imports That Don’t Meet U.S. Standards for Marine Mammal Protection WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2015. The National Marine Fisheries Service today proposed major regulations prohibiting the import of seafood into the United States from fisheries that kill whales and dolphins in excess of U.S. standards. Under the new[Read More…]
State Court Permanently Blocks Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional Restrictions on Medication Abortion
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. An Oklahoma state judge permanently blocked a state law restricting medication abortion today, ensuring women in the state will continue to have access to a method of ending a pregnancy in its earliest stages using medication that has been proven safe by more than a decade[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky: Top 10 Reasons Why Women Love Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. This year marks the 50th anniversaries of Medicare and Medicaid and the 80th anniversary of Social Security. Fifty-seven percent of people on Medicare, 70 percent of adults on Medicaid and 56 percent of Social Security recipients (66 percent of those over 85) are women. Together, Social[Read More…]
Touched by Lyme: IDSA Protest in San Diego, Oct. 9-10
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. In early October, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)—you know, the Lyme denialists, the ones who insist chronic Lyme doesn’t exist, who make it so difficult even for patients with acute Lyme to get properly diagnosed and treated, who make it easy for your insurance company[Read More…]
Energy Department Reports Highlight Trends of Growing U.S. Wind Energy Industry
New Installations Usher in Lowest Wind Energy Prices to Date Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. According to two reports released today by the Energy Department, the U.S. wind energy industry continued growing at an impressive rate in 2014, further solidifying America’s position as a global leader in wind energy. Wind[Read More…]
Oregon Sets August 15 as Native Bee Conservation Awareness Day
Photo of bumblebee by Cole Keister. Source: www.beyondtoxics.org Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. Last week, Governor Kate Brown of Oregon announced that this upcoming Saturday, August 15, 2015, will be Oregon Native Bees Conservation Awareness Day, following requests from concerned residents and Beyond Toxics, an Oregon based environmental organization. The awareness[Read More…]
Illinois EPA Refers P. Mills, LLC, to Attorney General for Enforcement
Agency Alleges Improper Removal of Asbestos Containing Material SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2015. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Bonnett has referred an enforcement action to the Illinois Attorney General’s office against P. Mills, LLC, for causing, threatening or allowing the discharge or emission of asbestos fibers into the environment so[Read More…]
